In the Shadow of the Laird

"Judith Napier’s book on the ubiquitous “Highland Factor” is a welcome addition to the canon of literature now available that comments on this particular aspect of Scottish history. What makes this book different is that it seeks to disentangle the often confused perspective of myth and reality often applied to those who filled this role."

Agnes Rennie, Chair of Galson Estate Trust and board member of Community Land Scotland

"The author writes about these men in a very engaging way, so that one has a sense of having read their biographies – it is much the most rounded attempt at such character sketches of prominent estate factors that I have read. It is, fundamentally, a slice of social history, regarded through a particular lens." Catriona Murray, Lecturer, UHI North, West and Hebrides