Scotland's Secret History: The Illicit Distilling and Smuggling of Whisky

by Charles MacLean and Daniel MacCannell

Illicit distilling in Scotland was seen as a 'right of man' at the end of the 17th century. Attempts to enforce excise duty on the spirit were therefore met with resistance, ranging from riots to more and more ingenious ways of avoiding paying tax.

In this book and Charles MacLean and Daniel MacCannell give a fascinating insight into the day-to-day struggles that led to the increase in illicit distilling from the mid-1600s, then to its eventual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780273037
• ISBN13: 9781780273037
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Birlinn
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 9.6"