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Debatable Land : The Lost World Between Scotland and England by Graham Robb (2018, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393285324

ISBN-139780393285321

eBay Product ID (ePID)239746513

Product Key Features

Book TitleDebatable Land : the Lost World between Scotland and England

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEurope / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485), Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, Geopolitics, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066)

Publication Year2018

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, History

AuthorGraham Robb

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0 in

Item Weight23.9 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2017-054854

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsA book worth reading . . . it contains severalglories, much fine writing and the odd (very odd) wonder. , Robb intercuts the past and present, the intimate and the impersonal, to wonderful effect. Few authors write so well about things lost and neglected - or have such sharp ears and eyes for the natural world ., Readers will have fun following along with Robb's intriguing historical journey of discovery through this magical realm. ... An imagination-stimulating work.

Dewey Decimal941.37

SynopsisBest-selling author Graham Robb findsthat the 2,000-year-old map of Ptolemyunlocks a central mystery of British history., Two years ago, Graham Robb moved to a lonely house on the very edge of England, near the banks of a river that once marked the southern boundary of the legendary Debatable Land. The oldest detectable territorial division in Great Britain, the Debatable Land served as a buffer between Scotland and England. It was once the bloodiest region in the country, fought over by Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and James V. After most of its population was slaughtered or deported, it became the last part of Great Britain to be brought under the control of the state. Today, it has vanished from the map and its boundaries are matters of myth and generational memories. Under the spell of a powerful curiosity, Robb began a journey--on foot, by bicycle, and into the past--that would uncover lost towns and roads, and unlock more than one discovery of major historical significance. These personal and scholarly adventures reveal a tale that spans Roman, Medieval, and present-day Britain. Rich in detail and epic in scope, The Debatable Land takes us from a time when neither England nor Scotland existed to the present day, when contemporary nationalism and political turmoil threaten to unsettle the cross-border community once more. With his customary charm, wit, and literary grace, Graham Robb proves the Debatable Land to be a crucial, missing piece in the puzzle of British history.

LC Classification NumberDA880.B72R59 2018