Scotland's Last Frontier

A Journey Along the Highland Line

Alistair Moffat (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2015 | 2nd New edition
Birlinn Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78027-331-0 (ISBN)

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A fresh view of Scotland, using the boundary that divides the country both geologically and culturally as the basis for a fascinating and unique debate between two of the country's pre-eminent broadcasters

The Highland Line is the most profound internal boundary in Britain. First recognised by Agricola in the first century AD (parts of its most northerly portion mark the furthest north the Romans got) it divides the country both geologically and culturally, signalling the border between highland and lowland, Celtic and English-speaking, crofting and farming.

In Scotland's Last Frontier best-selling author Alistair Moffat makes a journey of the imagination, tracing the route of the Line from the River Clyde through Perthshire and the north-east. In addition to exploring the huge importance of the Line over almost two thousand years, he also shows how it continues to influence life and attitudes in 21st-century Scotland. The result is a fascinating book, full of history and anecdote.

Alistair Moffat was born in Kelso, Scotland in 1950. He is an award winning Writer, Historian and former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Director of Programmes at Scottish Television. He is the founder of Borders Book Festival and Co-Chairman of The Great Tapestry Of Scotland.

Zusatzinfo	16 Plates, color
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 200 mm
Gewicht	334 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-78027-331-2 / 1780273312
ISBN-13	978-1-78027-331-0 / 9781780273310
Zustand	Neuware