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The Wall
Birlinn 2012; US$ 9.29In The Wall, Alistair Moffat's fascination shines through as he captures the enormous endeavour of the builders along with the captivating human stories the stones still tell after nearly two millennia.' The Scotsman Hadrian's Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monument in Britain. Nothing else approaches... more...
Tuscany
Birlinn 2011; US$ 11.83If you travel to the region, you'll want to take with you Moffat's Tuscany: A History; and if you read the book, you'll want to travel to the region' - The Herald 'In this compelling narrative - Moffat takes the reader on a delicious trip through the geography, history and culture of the region - an impressive book' - Sunday Telegraph 'facts and... more...
The Faded Map
Birlinn 2012; US$ 12.67Modern communications have driven motorways and pylons through the countryside, dwarfed us with TV and telephone masts and drastically altered the way in which we move around, see and understand Scotland. Recent politics and logistics have established borders and jurisdictions which now seem permanent and impervious. The Faded Map looks beyond these... more...
The Reivers
Birlinn 2011; US$ 12.67This is a page-turning history, lucidly written, and it is enhanced by a selection of five famous Border ballads. One of the best reads of the year, without doubt' - Hamish Coghill, Scottish Life 'This is a history as exciting and dramatic as the Border ballads themselves' - Cumberland News 'a most compelling, thought-provoking and entertaining... more...
The Sea Kingdoms
Birlinn 2011; US$ 12.67?The most powerful representation yet of the race which has repeatedly changed history as we know it? ? The Scotsman ?Brimming with interesting facts ? instructive and wide-ranging? ? Cal McCrystal, Independent on Sunday ?The best picture of the Celtic race yet written? ? South Wales Echo ?Lovingly traces the remnants of a once-powerful people... more...
The Borders
Birlinn 2011; US$ 12.67Highly readable?a lively, clear style.' - Northern History This is the story of the border: a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. It is the story of England and Scotland, told not from the remoteness of London or Edinburgh or in the tired terms of national histories, but up close and personal, toe to toe and eyeball... more...
Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms
Birlinn 2012; US$ 12.67Alistair Moffat uncovers the mystery and myths surrounding one of british histories most enigmatic figures. more...
Britain's Last Frontier
Birlinn 2012; US$ 20.29The Highland Line is Britain?s last meaningful frontier. First recognised by Agricola in the first century AD (parts of its most northerly section mark the furthest north the Romans advanced), it divides the country both geologically and culturally, signalling the border between Highland and Lowland, Celtic and English-speaking, crofting and farming.... more...
The Scots
Birlinn 2011; US$ 12.67?Here, guided by Jim Wilson?s researches into Scottish genetic history, he (Alistair Moffat) tackles on the of the biggest stories possible: linking up the story of the earliest Scots to the earliest men... He is wonderfully able to communicate the epic elements of the story ? which matters because that?s precisely what man?s survival has been? -... more...
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