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Walking the Border: A Journey Between Scotland and England

Walking the Border: A Journey Between Scotland and England

by IanCrofton (Author)

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    Hardcover 2014

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Synopsis

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.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 272
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Published: 04 Sep 2014
ISBN 10: 1780272073
ISBN 13: 9781780272078

Media Reviews
'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; Aan excellent modern travel tale that delves deep into the history and culture of a largely unexplored stretch of the UK' - Trail Magazine
Author Bio
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.