| Border Ballads: A Selection Contributor(s): Reed, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1857547101 ISBN-13: 9781857547108 Publisher: Carcanet Press OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: This collection of poems rooted in the wild and beautiful lands that lie between England and Scotland describes a traditionally lawless area whose inhabitants owed allegiance first to kin and laird and then to the authorities in London or Edinburgh. Recording a violent, clannish world of fierce hatreds and passionate loyalties, the ballads tell vivid tales of raids, feuds and betrayals, romances and acts of revenge. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.044 |
| LCCN: 2003363630 |
| Series: Fyfield Books |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.38" W x 8.46" (0.57 lbs) 188 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rooted in the wild and beautiful country that lies between England and Scotland, the ballads that comprise this selection offer insights into a lawless region that owed allegiance to neither Edinburgh nor London, rather to kin and laird. |