A review by obstinateheadstrongcurl
Before Scotland: A Prehistory by Alistair Moffat

informative medium-paced

4.0

I’m a sucker for a National Trust gift shop book (I got this from the library but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it inside various castles) and this one did not disappoint. It was really interesting to read about the thousands of years so quickly glossed over in most history books. The book is highly readable and Moffat does an awesome job bringing ancient communities to life. My only quibble is that there are lots of info boxes throughout the book, and some of them almost seemed to be in the wrong spot as they didn’t really tie in the with surrounding text, but rather with sections several pages away. It was never terribly confusing, but it did pull me out of the flow of the narrative.