A 'snapshot' of the single most important moment in 19th-century Scottish history. This book is based on an extraordinary painting by David Octavius Hill of the Disruption - a now half-forgotten schism in the Church that was so divisive in Scottish society and so explosive that it shaped Scotland as we know it today. It involved all the 'movers and shakers' of the 19th century. It was a watershed in Scottish history. The 'big picture' depicts individuals...