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Between Britain

Name: Between Britain
Brand: Canongate Books Ltd
SKU: 9781838854386
Price: 466 CZK
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Walking the History of England and Scotland

Autor: Alistair Moffat

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Vazba: Pevná

Vydavatel: Canongate Books Ltd

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A walking tour of the border region where England and Scotland meet by the award-winning Scottish wr...

Informace o knize

Autor

Alistair Moffat

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydáno

2024

Stránek

336

EAN

9781838854386

Enbook ID

44296476

Vydavatel

Canongate Books Ltd

Hmotnost

530

Rozměry

162 x 240

Kompletní popis

A walking tour of the border region where England and Scotland meet by the award-winning Scottish writer, meditating on the conflict and union of their relationship through history and in the future

The border between Scotland and England is rich in history. It has been the site of battles, treaties, castles and crossroads. It is also a place where both countries display their nationalism: Saltires flying in the north, the Cross of St George to the south. But it can also be a lens through which to look at the changing history and identities of these two countries.

Alistair Moffat is a life-long borderer and the ideal guide on this one-hundred-mile journey. We begin just north of the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Already the battlelines have been drawn - the town having been grabbed by the English from Berwickshire in 1482 and never given back. From here we will head west as our tour travels backwards and forwards through history. In all, we will walk through eight centuries before we reach journey''s end at the mouth of the River Sark.

Between Britain is a history book, a travelogue, a personal reminiscence and a gently prodding examination of national identity. But above all it is a celebration of a place and the people who live there.