Inverness

Season: 7 Episode: 17

In this week's show, we’re heading to the Scottish Highlands, to the city of Inverness and its striking landmark, Inverness Castle. Overlooking the River Ness, this historic site has witnessed centuries of power struggles, royal intrigue, and legend. From medieval beginnings to its place in stories like that of Macbeth, Inverness and its castle hold a rich and dramatic past waiting to be explored.

CAST

Mary Queen of Scots - Rose Hales

George Buchanan - Martin Palmer

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SOURCES

Coventry, Martin. Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans (2010)

Historic Environment Scotland – Inverness Castle Official Site: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/inverness-castle/

Gifford, John. Highland and Islands (The Buildings of Scotland series, 1992) – Architectural history of Inverness Castle and other Highland structures.

Calendar State Papers Scotland. Vol. 1. p. 651. Bain, Joseph, ed. (1898)

Tabraham, Chris. Scotland’s Castles (1997)

MacGibbon, David and Ross, Thomas. The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland (1887–92) –

Culloden Battlefield and Visitor Centre

Prebble, John. Culloden (1961; revised editions 1991, 2002)

Lenman, Bruce. The Jacobite Risings in Britain 1689–1746 (1980)

Duffy, Christopher. The ‘45: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Untold Story of the Jacobite Rising (2003) –

Historic Environment Scotland – Culloden Battlefield Official Site: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/culloden/

Mackillop, Andrew. More Fruitful Than the Soil: Army, Empire, and the Scottish Highlands, 1715–1815 (2000)

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