To the Island of Tides (eBook)

A Journey to Lindisfarne

Alistair Moffat (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
336 Seiten
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-78689-633-9 (ISBN)

Infos

In To the Island of Tides, Alistair Moffat travels to – and through the history of – the fated island of Lindisfarne. Known by the Romans as Insula Medicata and famous for its monastery, it even survived Viking raids. Today the isle maintains its position as a space for retreat and spiritual renewal.Walking from his home in the Borders, through the historical landscape of Scotland and northern England, Moffat takes us on a pilgrimage in the footsteps of saints and scholars, before arriving for a secular retreat on the Holy Isle. To the Island of Tides is a walk through history, a meditation on the power of place, but also a more personal journey; and a reflection on where life leads us.

Autor

Alistair Moffat was born in Kelso, Scotland in 1950. He is an award-winning writer, historian and Director of Programmes at Scottish Television, former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and former Rector of the University of St Andrews. He is the founder of Borders Book Festival and Co-Chairman of The Great Tapestry of Scotland. He is the author of The Hidden Ways: Scotland’s Forgotten Roads.

Rezensionen

The Hidden Ways makes us think about Scotland and its history in a completely different way . . . A truly fascinating read

Praise for Scotland: 'A very readable, well-researched and fluent account

A treasure trove of stories

Praise for The Border: 'Quirky, learned and utterly absorbing

Retracing and walking Scotland's lost paths makes Alistair Moffat reflect upon the country's history in a different sort of way . . . From Perthshire to Ballachulish, Moffat explores the land in a personal, inquisitive way and searches for evidence of the people who helped shape it

Praise for The Scots: 'Truly fascinating

Praise for The Hidden Ways: Our ancestors walked everywhere, unless they lived by a river or loch and travelled by boat, or were rich enough to keep a horse or pony. So Moffat will walk. He will walk over much of Scotland, following, sometimes struggling to follow, old roads that are now sometimes hard to find. This book is the story of a dozen such walks. This is a splendidly rich book - a treasure-house of information, memories and speculation

Praise for The Great Tapestry of Scotland: 'Not just visually stunning but intensely moving and occasionally very funny

This fascinating and compelling narrative will leave you spellbound and in no time you'll be looking for your hiking boots and waterproofs . . . An absorbing and thought-provoking addition to the literature of Scotland's byways

A fine history of the wild, walkable country

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2019
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 1-78689-633-8 / 1786896338
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78689-633-9 / 9781786896339