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Robb, Graham, 1958-
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Boundaries -- History.
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) -- History.
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) -- History, Military.
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Robb, Graham, 1958-
Boundaries -- History.
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) -- History.
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) -- History, Military.
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The debatable land : the
lost
world
between
Scotland
and
England
/ Graham Robb.
by
Robb, Graham, 1958-
W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.
Call #:
941.37 R631d
Subjects
Boundaries -- History.
Scottish Borders (
England
and
Scotland
) -- History.
Scottish Borders (
England
and
Scotland
) -- History, Military.
ISBN:
9780393285321
Alternate title:
Lost
world
between
Scotland
and
England
Edition:
1st American ed.
Description:
x, 334 p. : ill. (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-316) and indexes.
Contents:
Hidden places -- Outpost -- Panic button -- The true and ancient border -- "The sewer of abandoned men" -- Mouldywarp -- Beachcombing -- Blind roads -- Harrowed -- "Loveable custumis" -- Accelerated transhumance -- Skurrlywarble -- Exploratores -- Windy edge -- "In tymes bigane" -- "Stob and staik" -- "Rube, burne, spoyll, slaye, murder annd destrewe" -- The final partition -- Hector of ye Harlawe -- Scrope -- Tarras Moss -- "A factious and naughty people" -- Silence -- Graticules -- The Kingdom of Selgovia -- "Arthur" -- The great Caledonian invasion -- Polling stations -- No man's land -- The river.
Summary:
Explores the history of the Debatable Land, the former buffer
between
Scotland
and
England
and once upon a time the bloodiest region in the country.
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