Read November 2006
Henderson's book is a collection of anecdotes from Scottish history, many of them quite commonplace but a few eccentric. The kitschy title and cover, however, hide a somewhat smart book. Henderson's two secrets are the bits that are considered Scottish but aren't, and the bits that ought to be credited to Scotland but aren't. The former ranges from apocryphal tales about Highlanders to the invention of modern tartan; the latter include various bits of science, technology, and engineering, as well as the settling of distant lands chronicled by other authors such as Herman.
As light reading that provides a quick, episodic view of Scotland, this is pretty good.