This lavishly illustrated book examines the enormous palace of the premier peers of Scotland, and the hundreds of outstanding works of art acquired by twelve Dukes over 300 years. In 1882, Hamilton Palace stood grandly to the south of Glasgow. Home to the Dukes of Hamilton since the sixteenth century, its magnificent walls contained treasures to rival the British Royal Collection. Yet by 1920, tens of thousands of items had been auctioned off, and the awe-inspiring building was about to be demolished. Today, many of the greatest treasures of Hamilton Palace are on display in museums and collections all over the world, including the National Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. This is the story of Scotland’s lost treasure house – the definitive book on the subject.