Norman Macdougall fue un historiador escocés reconocido por sus profundas investigaciones sobre la política de la corona escocesa. Su obra disecciona meticulosamente las vidas de los reyes escoceses y la intrincada red de maniobras políticas que moldearon la historia de la nación. La erudición de Macdougall ofrece exploraciones perspicaces de las complejas dinámicas de poder e influencia durante épocas cruciales de la historia escocesa.
James III is the most enigmatic of the Stewart kings of Scotland. This study explains why King James was challenged by a huge rebellion in 1482, which he narrowly survived, and why he succumbed to a further rising in 1488, which placed his eldest son on the throne as James IV.
James IV is the best-known of all the late medieval Scottish rulers. This study examines almost all aspects of James IV's sovereignty, explains his successful kingship, and assesses the reasons for the disastrous end to the reign when the king and a large population of the Scottish nobility were eliminated in a single afternoon in 1513 at Flodden.