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The Saltoun Papers Reflections on Andrew Fletcher Edited by Paul Henderson Scott Each September since the 1960s Andrew Fletcher, 'the Patriot', has been commemorated by a short lecture in East Saltoun Parish Church where he is buried. Over the years some of the country's most distinguished historians, politicians and writers have offered their thoughts on Fletcher, and on Scotland past and present. In The Saltoun Papers fifteen of these talks selected from the years 1979 to 1999 are reproduced, including those by historians Gordon Donaldson, Geoffrey Barrow, Bruce Lenman, William Ferguson, David Simpson, Edward Cowan and Murray Pittock, politicians Neil MacCormick and John Home Robertson, philosopher Alexander Broadie, writers Arnold Kemp, Billy Kay and Sheila Douglas, and the merchant banker and businessman Sir lain Noble. Paul Scott, the distinguished historian and writer on Fletcher and his period, edited the papers and his own address at East Saltoun in 1984 is included. A wide range of topics is covered: identity, nationalism, language, patriotism, the Union of 1707 all its manifestations, and relations with Europe and the world, and controversial and often opposing views are argued with passion and authority. PAUL HENDERSON SCOTT is a leading authority on Fletcher of Saltoun and the author of Andrew Fletcher and the Treaty of Union and a number of other books on the period. Return |