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- ↑ Marshall, Rosalind K., "House of Hamilton in its Anglo-Scottish setting in the seventeenth century", University of Edinburgh Research Archive
- ↑ Rosalind K. Marshall: Royal Society of Literature
- ↑ Rosalind K. Marshall, Casemate Academic
- ↑ "Bonnet body tips its hat to McCall Smith", Scotsman, 13 September 2011