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Walking the Border Ian Crofton

Walking the Border par Ian Crofton

Walking the Border Ian Crofton

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Résumé

Ian Crofton makes this journey through some of the most spectacular scenery in Britain, speculating on what the Border signifies - geographically, culturally and emotionally - in the run up to one of the Independence referendum in 2014.

Walking the Border Résumé

Walking the Border: A Journey Between Scotland and England Ian Crofton

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.

Walking the Border Avis

'An amiable account by an amiable man of an amiable patch of Europe... An altogether engaging book'

-- Roger Hutchinson * Scotsman *

'Although this book is pegged to a particular political and historic event - the recent Scottish referendum - it has virtues and insights that transcend the circumstances of its writing ... Crofton has kept neat limits to his exploration of border culture. I would encourage him to go deeper as well into this surrealist hinterspace... There is a lot of excellent natural description in this book, alongside a number of comic encounters with humans and livestock... It is a Mad God's Own Country ... excellent'

-- Stuart Kelly * Guardian *

'The book is all the better for that easy pace, and its anecdotal style is complemented by some quirky photographs'

* Scotland Outdoors *

'compelling', '****'

* Scottish Field *

'As Crofton journeys its length he admires its fine scenery while considering its history and purpose - especially compelling in light of the recent referendum' -

* BBC Countryfile *

'Not quite Scottish, not quite English, Crofton walks the line in more ways than one'

* The Daily Telegraph *

'An excellent modern travel tale that delves deep into the history and culture of a largely unexplored stretch of the UK'

* Trail Magazine *

À propos de Ian Crofton

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.

Informations supplémentaires

GOR006635514
9781780272078
1780272073
Walking the Border: A Journey Between Scotland and England Ian Crofton
Ian Crofton
Occasion - Très bon état
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Birlinn General
20140912
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