At the start of the 19th century, everything familiar was swept away.
People fled from the countryside into the industrial towns of Scotland's
central belt. Rural workers became factory workers - in some of the
worst conditions in Europe. This new Scotland became a seedbed of
revolution. But it wasn't just force that kept the Scottish people in
their place, it was fantasy. Neil Oliver reveals how Sir Walter Scott created so
powerful a myth, it haunts the Scots collective imagination to this day.
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