Books by Stuart McHardy

• 1989 Strange Secrets of Ancient Scotland. Lang Syne Press pbk ISBN 185217 1553 Legends of prominent Scottish landmarks, saints etc. Out of print.
  
• 1992 Tales of Whisky and Smuggling. Lochar hbk ISBN 0-948403-86-1 Stories form the “Peatreek” tradition - the making of illicit whisky in many airts of Scotland and the struggles with government excisemen from c 1770 - 1830s. Coming out in paperback this year. Out of print.
  
• 1995 The Wild Haggis an the Greetin-faced Nyaff Scottish Childrens’ Press pbk ISBN 1-899827-04-8 £3.95
  Humorous children’s book in Scots telling the story of the Wild Haggis and its parasitic companion.
  
• 1999 Scotland: myth, legend and folklore Luath Press pbk ISBN 0-946487-69-3 £7.99 $14.95
  A wide-ranging collection of Scottish folklore, legend and myth gleaned from the oral tradition.
  
• 2000 The Edinburgh and Leith Pub Guide pbk ISBN Luath Press
  
• 2001 Scots Poems to be read aloud (Editor) Luath Press pbk ISBN 0-946487-81-2 £5.00 $ 9.95
  A collection of works in Scots suitable for schools and the general public
  
• 2001 The Quest for Arthur Luath Press hbk ISBN 1-84282-012-5 £16.99 $26.95
  A new look at the Scottish provenance of the earliest Arthurian material set against the background of the struggle between paganism and Christianity in 6th century Scotland.
  
• 2002 Tales of Whisky and Smuggling House of Lochar pbk ISBN 1-899863-8 £5.99 Reprint of above.
  
• 2003 The Quest for the Nine Maidens Luath Press hbk
  ISBN 0-946487-66-9. An investigation into a widespread institution of pagan priestesses in pre-Christian Europe, with links to mythologies in Africa, Oceania and South America and a suggested origin before 10,000 BCE.
  
• 2004 MacPherson’s Rant and other tales of the Scottish Fiddle Birlinn pbk ISBN 1 84158 290 5
  
• 2004 The Silver Chanter and other tales of Scottish Piping Birlinn pbk ISBN 1 84158 291 3
  
• 2004 School of the Moon; the Scottish cattle raiding tradition Birlinn pbk1 84158 300 6
  
• 2005 On the Trail of Scotland’s Myth and Legends Luath Press pbk ISBN 1-84282-049-4
  
• 2005 Pictish Tales and Legends Luath Press ISBN 1-84282-097-4
  
• 2005 The Well of the Heads and other Clan Tales Birlinn pbk ISBN 1 84158 385 5
  
• 2006 On the Trail of the Holy Grail Luath Press pbk ISBN 1-905222-53-X
  
• 2006 The White Cockade and other Jacobite Tales Birlinn pbk 1 84158 441 X
  

New Titles Pending

The Symbols of the Picts
An Interpretation of the pre-Christian Pictish Symbols linking them to the mythologies of the wider “Celtic” world (with strong Germanic links) and to what has often been described as the Old Religion of mother goddess worship.

The Rampant Heilan Scampi
A further Scots children’s book.

The School of the Moon
The story of the Cateran or cattle-raiding tradition of the Scottish Highlands and how it served the guerrilla warriors who fought on after the Battle of Culloden 1746.