Norman Macdougall è stato uno storico scozzese rinomato per le sue approfondite analisi della politica della corona scozzese. Il suo lavoro seziona meticolosamente le vite dei re scozzesi e l'intricata rete di manovre politiche che hanno plasmato la storia della nazione. La ricerca di Macdougall offre esplorazioni illuminanti sulle complesse dinamiche di potere e influenza durante epoche cruciali della storia scozzese.
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.