November 2014 Book of the Month.
Ian Crofton was born in Edinburgh and after a long career working away once again lives in Scotland, his new book contemplating the potential rupture of two countries, Scotland and England, together since 1603. He walks along the border, set when King James I/VI ascended the throne over 400 years ago, a wild land, ideal border country perhaps – but what are borders, set by their geography or political map-drawing? Our world is beset with border conflict, why now – why us?
September 2014 Non-Fiction Book of the Month.
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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?
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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?
Walking the Border A Journey Between Scotland and England features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
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Walking the Border A Journey Between Scotland and England was written by Ian Crofton and published by Birlinn Ltd an imprint of Birlinn General
