| Walking the Border: A Journey Between Scotland and England Contributor(s): Crofton, Ian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1780273088 ISBN-13: 9781780273082 Publisher: Birlinn OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - History | Europe - Great Britain - Scotland - Sports & Recreation | Walking |
| Physical Information: 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Scottish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book Ian Crofton makes a journey on foot from Gretna Green in the southwest to Berwick in the northeast, following as close as possible the Anglo-Scottish Border as it has been fixed since the union of the crowns in 1603. Much of the line of the Border runs through a wild, overwhelmingly unvisited no man's land - the sort of trackless waste perfect for keeping two belligerent peoples apart? During the course of his journey Ian Crofton considers a number of questions how 'natural' are borderlines? Sometimes they follow physical barriers, sometimes an arbitrary line on a map, the compromise made by some committee of distant diplomats. |
Contributor Bio(s): Crofton, Ian: - Ian Crofton was born in Edinburgh and worked for Collins in Glasgow before moving to London, where he has been a freelance writer and editor for 25 years. Previous books include Brewer's Dictionary of Curious Titles; Brewer's Britain and Ireland (with John Ayto); Brewer's Cabinet of Curiosities, A Dictionary of Art Quotations, History without the Boring Bits; Science without the Boring Bits; A Dictionary of Scottish Quotations. |