Peter Anderson spent his early childhood in Orkney, He graduated in Medieval History from the University of St Andrews and gained a PhD in Scottish Historical Studies from the University of Edinburgh. Formerly deputy keeper at the National Archives of Scotland, he is now retired and lives in Linlithgow.
For almost a century the islands of Orkney and Shetland were under the rule of the Stewart earls, father and son, a rule remarkable for its infamous reputation in island history. Robert Stewart was an illegitimate son of James V, king of Scots, who seized power in Orkney in the 1560s...
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