Having had the Norman Conquest, the Magna Carta and the English Wars of the Roses drummed into him at school, he realised he remembered little of learning about Scotland’s rich history.
David Robertson Ross, who has died aged 51 of a heart attack, was an author and Scots historian whose career had its genesis in English history and motorcycles.
Having had the Norman Conquest, the Magna Carta and the English Wars of the Roses drummed into him at school, he realised he remembered little of learning about Scotland’s rich history.