The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England

Author: Graham Robb
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393285332
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
"[An] entertaining work of geographical sleuthing.…Surprises abound." —The New Yorker An oft-overlooked region lies at the heart of British national history: the Debatable Land. The oldest detectable territorial division in Great Britain, the Debatable Land once served as a buffer between England and Scotland. 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, its boundaries have vanished from the map and are matters of myth and generational memories. In The Debatable Land, historian Graham Robb recovers the history of this ancient borderland in an exquisite tale that spans Roman, Medieval, and present-day Britain. Rich in detail and epic in scope, The Debatable Land provides a crucial, missing piece in the puzzle of British history.

The Debatable Land Between this World and the Next

Author: Robert Dale Owen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apparitions
Languages : en
Pages : 478

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Debatable Land

Author: Candia McWilliam
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408826976
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
_______________________ WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FICTION PRIZE _______________________ 'McWilliam is an astonishing wordmaster who time and again dazzles the reader' - Penelope Fitzgerald, Times Literary Supplement 'A very distinguished examination into stability and instability, pattern and memory, and the drifting terror of our lives' - Guardian 'By far the most enjoyable novel I have read this year' - Spectator _______________________ Set on a sailing boat as it travels from Tahiti to New Zealand, Debatable Land is a story of memory, childhood and longing. On board Ardent Spirit are the painter Alec Dundas, escaping a destructive, failed relationship; Logan Urquhart, the restless skipper; his troubled second wife Elspeth, who fears Logan is slipping away from her; Nick and Sandro, two marine nomads; and Gabriel, an attractive young woman who captivates the men. As the ship sails from island to island, the inner dramas of these six disparate individuals spill over into their relationships with one another. But when a storm arrives, they are wrenched from the personal and forced to face the present danger. _______________________ 'A very distinguished examination into stability and instability, pattern and memory, and the drifting terror of our lives' - Guardian

"The Debatable Land"

Author: Arthur Colton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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Yorkshire

Author: Richard Morris
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297609440
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406

Book Description
Yorkshire is 'a continent unto itself', a region where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie close. By weaving history, family stories, travelogue and ecology, Richard Morris reveals how Yorkshire took shape as a landscape and in literature, legend and popular regard. The result is a fascinating and wide-ranging meditation on Yorkshire and Yorkshireness, told through the prism of the region's most extraordinary people and places.

The Debatable Lands

Author: Zoe Childerley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993349614
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Balzac

Author: Graham Robb
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393313871
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 622

Book Description
A portrait of the self-destructive French novelist follows Balzac's early literary disappointments, impractical money-making schemes, love affairs, correspondences, and achievements.

England's Northern Frontier

Author: Jackson Armstrong
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108472990
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413

Book Description
Explains the history of England's northern borderlands in the fifteenth century within a broader social, political and European context.

The Ancient Paths

Author: Graham Robb
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447240499
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 346

Book Description
Graham Robb's The Ancient Paths will change the way you see European civilization. Inspired by a chance discovery, Robb became fascinated with the world of the Celts: their gods, their art, and, most of all, their sophisticated knowledge of science. His investigations gradually revealed something extraordinary: a lost map, of an empire constructed with precision and beauty across vast tracts of Europe. The map had been forgotten for almost two millennia and its implications were astonishing. Minutely researched and rich in revelations, The Ancient Paths brings to life centuries of our distant history and reinterprets pre-Roman Europe. Told with all of Robb's grace and verve, it is a dazzling, unforgettable book.

The Discovery of Middle Earth

Author: Graham Robb
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0393349926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Intriguing and stimulating." —Jane Smiley, Harper's In this real-life historical treasure hunt, bestselling author Graham Robb—"one of the more unusual and appealing historians currently striding the planet (New York Times)"—reveals the mapping of ancient Gaul as a reflection of the heavens, demonstrates the lasting influence of Druid science and recharts the exploration of the world and the spread of Christianity. This "fascinating" (Los Angeles Times) history offers nothing less than an entirely new understanding of the birth of modern Europe.