R. B. Cunninghame Graham and Scotland

Lachlan Munro is an Independent Scholar and Freelance Historian. Born and brought up in Stirlingshire, he holds first class honours degrees in History and Politics, and a PhD in History from the University of Glasgow. He was previously a Research Fellow at The National Library of Scotland. His publications include: R. B. Cunninghame Graham and Scotland: Party, Prose, and Political Aesthetic, (EUP, 2022) which was shortlisted for the Saltire Society ‘History Book of the Year’ 2022, The Scenery of Dreams: The True Story of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Kidnapped’, (The Deveron Press, 2018), An Eagle In A Hen-House: Selected Political Speeches and Writings of R. B. Cunninghame Graham, (The Deveron Press, 2017).

• Prologue: The Gentleman Adventurer.Introduction: The Periodic Legend. Part 1. ‘The Prentice Politician’ 1885 - 1892. IntroductionChapter 1. Land And Labour: Words Adorned By Reason.Chapter 2. Political Influences: Metamorphosis.Chapter 3. Parliament: The Practical Idealist.Chapter 4. Political Journalism: Confidence And Impunity.Chapter 5. Empire: Imperial Sceptic.Chapter 6. Colonialism: The Hand Of Man.Chapter 7. Ireland And Scotland: A Patient Realist.Conclusion.Part 2. ‘The Fountain Of His Brain’ 1893 - 1913. IntroductionChapter 8. Labour: An Aristocratic Minority.Chapter 9. Literary Career: A Queer Potency. Chapter 10. Empire: The Insidious Bacillus.Chapter 11. The Sketches: A Secondary Storyteller. Chapter 12. Colonialism: Misdirected Labours.Chapter 13. Scotland: The Familiar Kail-Yard.Conclusion.Part 3. ‘The Fleshly Tenement’ 1914 – 1936. Introduction.Chapter 14. Labour: Touched by Pitch.Chapter 15. Empire and Colonialism: Volte-Face. Chapter 16. Scotland: Awakening Of A Nation.Chapter 17. Continuing Literary Works: Things Unalike.Chapter 18. Obituaries and Appreciations: An Immortal Type.Conclusion. Conclusion The Literature Short BiographiesPersonal MemoirsEager ChampionsContemporary Literary CriticismLater Literary CriticismThe Labour Party Scottish Home RuleAppendicesI The ‘Star’ on Cunninghame Graham’s "Copy."II Maiden Speech, 1st Of February 1887.III ‘Bloody Sunday.’IV ‘Portraits in The House’ By ‘A Young Parliamentary Hand.’V Motions: Home Rule For Scotland, 9th Of April 1889.VI ‘Introduction’ To Scotland For The Scots: Scotland Revisited. VII ‘R. B. Cunninghame Graham: Janiform Genius,’ by Professor Cedric Watts. VIII ‘Note On R. B. Cunninghame Graham,’ by John Galsworthy.IX ‘Mcsneeshin.’ X Obituary: ‘A Rebel Aristocrat’ by Henry W. Nevinson. Bibliography; Index

This is a great achievement, a very full and thoroughly documented account. I am full of admiration for this very scrupulous account, and for Munro’s determination not to simplify what is necessarily complex. This is an honest and well-balanced description of a personality so hard to categorise: the research is exemplary."