The Wall
Rome's Greatest Frontier
$26.86
- Paperback
308 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2017
Summary
Hadrian’s Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monument in Britain. Nothing else approaches its vast scale: a land wall running 73 miles from east to west and a sea wall stretching at least 26 miles down the Cumbrian coast.
Alistair Moffat considers who built the Wall, how it was built, why it was built and how it affected the native peoples who lived in its mighty shadow. The result is a unique and fascinating insight into one of the Wonder…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780274553 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780274556 |
| Author: | Alistair Moffat |
| Publisher: | Birlinn General |
| Imprint: | Birlinn Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 308 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 289g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 130mm x 195mm |
| Series: | The Moffat Histories |
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Critics Review
‘A most compelling, thought-provoking and entertaining history’
– Rosemary Goring * Herald *‘This is a definitive piece of research, colourfully and humorously written, beautifully illustrated with fine photography and enhanced by a necessary map, dates of the Common Ridings, names of Border families and a selection of evocative Border Ballads’
Alistair Moffat
Alistair Moffat was born and bred in the Scottish Borders. A former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Director of Programmes at Scottish Television, he now runs the burgeoning Borders Book Festival as well as a production company based near Selkirk.
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