Male : Historical Novelist, Children's Writer and writer on the Scottish countryside and architecture

Nationality : Scottish Place of Birth : Glasgow

Date of Birth : 1909 Date of Death : 2000 Age : 90

Pseudonyms : Wrote westerns as Nye Tredgold

Other Work : Accountant

Education : Herriot's School, Edinburgh

1935-1940
The Fortalices and Early Mansions of Southern Scotland 1400-1650
(1935 Moray Press, Edinburgh)
Trespass (1937 Moray Press) (1940 Ward Lock)
Mammon's Daughter (1939 Ward Lock)
Harsh Heritage (1940 Ward Lock)

1941-1950
Eagle's Feathers (1941 Ward Lock)
Watershed (1941 Ward Lock)
The Gilded Fleece (1942)
Delayed Action (1944 Ward Lock)
Tinker's Pride (1945 Ward Lock)
Man's Estate (1946 Ward Lock)
Flight of Dutchmen (1947 Ward Lock)
Island Twilight (1947 Ward Lock)
Root and Branch (1948 Ward Lock)
Colours Flying (1948 Ward Lock)
The Chosen Course (1949 Ward Lock) (1980 Molendinar Press, Glasgow)
Fair Game (1950 Ward Lock)
The Freebooters (1950 Ward Lock)
High Spirits (1950 Ward Lock)

1951-1955
Thirsty Range (1950 Ward Lock) - as Nye Tredgold
Tidewrack (1951 Ward Lock)
Heartbreak Valley (1951 Ward Lock) - as Nye Tredgold
Big Corral (1951 Ward Lock) - as Nye Tredgold
Fast and Loose (1951 Ward Lock)
The Bridal Path (1952 Ward Lock)
[Filmed in 1959]
Cheviot Chase (1952 Ward Lock)
Ducks and Drakes (1953 Ward Lock)
Trail Herd (1953 Ward Lock) - as Nye Tredgold
Desert Double Cross (1953 Ward Lock) - as Nye Tredgold
The Queen 's Grace (1953 Ward Lock)
Rum Week (1954 Ward Lock)
The Night Raiders (1954 Ward Lock)
Cloven Hooves (1954 Ward Lock) - as Nye Tredgold
There are Worse Jungles (1955 Ward Lock)
Rio D'oro (1955 Ward Lock)

1956-1960
The Long Coffin (1956 Ward Lock)
Dynamite Trail (1956 Ward Lock) - as Nye Tredgold
Rancher Renegade (1956 Ward Lock) - as Nye Tredgold
Trailing Trouble (1957 Ward Lock) - as Nye Tredgold
Macgregor's Gathering (1957 [Mainly Hodder & Stoughton from here on])
Dead Reckoning (1957 Ward Lock) - as Nye Tredgold
The Enduring Flame (1957)
Balefire (1958)
Spaniard's Isle (1958 Brockhampton Press)
The Stone (1958)
Bloodstone Trail (1958 Ward Lock) - as Nye Tredgold
Border Riding (1959 Brockhampton Press)
The Man Behind the Curtain (1959)
The Clansman (1959)
Spanish Galleon (1960)
The Flockmasters (1960)
Nestor the Monster (1960 Brockhampton Press)

1961-1965
The Master of Gray (1961)
Birds of a Feather (1961 Brockhampton Press)
Kettle of Fish (1961)
The Deer Poachers (1962 Blackie)
The Fortified House in Scotland (1962-70 Oliver & Boyd) - 5 vols
[Final volume published by Chambers]
Drug on the Market (1962)
Gold for Prince Charlie (1962)
The Courtesan (1963)
Something Very Fishy (1963 Collins)
Give a Dog a Bad Name (1963 Collins)
Chain of Destiny (1964)
The Pegasus Book of Scotland (1964 Dobson)
Silver Island (1964 Collins)
Past Master (1965)
Outlaw of the Highlands : Rob Roy (1965 Dennis Dobson 15/-)
Pursuit (1965 Collins)

1966-1970
A Stake in the Kingdom (1966)
Lion Let Loose (1967)
Tinker Tess (1967 Dobson)
Fire and High Water (1967 Collins)
Black Douglas (1968)
Land of the Scots (1968)
Cable from Kabul (1968) - novel with Philip Tranter
[His son Philip died in a car accident in 1966 whilst returning from Turkey]
No Tigers in the Hindu Kush (1968) - novel with Philip Tranter
To the Rescue (1968 Dobson)
Robert the Bruce : The Steps to the Empty Throne (1969) (1972 St Martin's)
Robert the Bruce : The Path of the Hero King (1970) (1972 St Martin's)

1971-1980
Robert the Bruce : The Price of the King's Peace (1971) (1972 St Martin's)
The Robert the Bruce Triology (1969-71) - 3 vols. Signed by the Author
The Queen's Scotland (1971-7) - 4 vols
The Young Montrose (1972)
Portrait of the Border Country (1972 Robert Hale £2)
Montrose : Captain-General (1973)
The Wisest Fool (1974)
The Wallace (1975)
Lords of Misrule (1976)
A Folly of Princes (1976)
The Captive Crown (1977)
Macbeth the King (1978) + signed edition
Margaret the Queen (1979) + signed copies
Portrait of the Lothians (1979 Hale)
David the Prince (1980)

1981-1990
True Thomas (1981)
Nigel Tranter's Scotland (1981 Richard Drew)
The Patriot (1982) + signed copies
The Lord of the Isles (1984)
Unicorn Rampant (1984)
The Riven Realm (1984)
James, By the Grace of God (1985)
A Traveller's Guide to the Scotland of Robert the Bruce (1985 Routledge)
Rough Wooing (1986)
Columba (1987)
The Story of Scotland (1987 Routledge)
Illustrated Portrait of the Border Country (1987 Hale)
Cache Down (1987 The Scotsman)
Flowers of Chivalry (1988)
Mail Royal (1989)
Warden of the Queen's March (1989)
Kenneth (1990)

1991-2000
Crusader (1991)
Children of the Mist (1992)
Footbridge to Enchantment (1992 Lochar) + signed edition
Druid Sacrifice (1993)
Tapestry of the Boar (1993)
Price of a Princess (1994)
Lord in Waiting (1994)
Highness in Hiding (1995)
Honours Even (1995)
A Rage of Regents (1996)
Poetic Justice (1996)
The Marchman (1997)
The Lion's Whelp (1997 £16.99)
High Kings and Vikings (1998)
A Flame for the Fire (1998)
Sword of State (1999)
Envoy Extraordinary (1999)
Courting Favour (2000)
The End of the Line (2000)
The Admiral (2001 Hodder & Stoughton £17.99)
Triple Alliance (2001)