Hidden Ways (eBook)

Scotland's Forgotten Roads

Alistair Moffat (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
349 Seiten
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-78689-102-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing AwardsIn The Hidden Ways, Alistair Moffat traverses the lost paths of Scotland - its Roman roads tramped by armies, its byways and pilgrim routes, drove roads and railways, turnpikes and sea roads - in a bid to understand how our history has left its mark upon our landscape. As he retraces the forgotten paths that shaped and were shaped by the lives of the now forgotten people who trod them, Moffat charts a powerful, surprising and moving history of Scotland.

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.

Rezensionen

Praise for The Sea Kingdoms: 'Brimming with interesting facts . . . instructive and wide-ranging

Praise for Scotland: A History From Earliest Times: 'A very readable, well-researched and fluent account

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

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

Praise for The Reivers: 'A most compelling, thought-provoking and entertaining history

Praise for The Wall: 'Wonderfully entertaining . . . a real joy

Praise for The Scots: A Genetic Journey: 'Truly fascinating

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.10.2017
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: a history of Scotland • Alasdair Moffat • Alastair Moffat • Alexander McCall Smith • Alistair Moffat • Alistair Moffatt • Alternative history • Amy Liptrot • Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms • Bannockburn: The Battle for a Nation • Before Scotland: The Story of Scotland Before History • Borders Book Festival • Britain’s Last Frontier: A Journey Along The Highland Line • David Ross • East Lothian • Gods of the Morning • Hawick: A History from Earliest Times • Heartland – Images of the Scottish Borders • homing • John Lister-Kaye • Kelsae • landmarks • Love of Country • madeleine Bunting • Nan Shepherd • Nature Cure • Nature writing • Neil Oliver • Nicholas Crane • Remembering Charles Rennie Mackintosh • Richard Mabey • Robert Macfarlane • Rory Stewart • Scotland • Scotland: A History from Earliest Times • Scotland: The History of a Nation • Scottish History • scottish writers • Social History • The Borders: A History of the Borders from Earliest Times • The British: A Genetic Journey • The Edinburgh Fringe • The Faded Map: The Lost Kingdoms of Scotland • The Great Tapestry of Scotland • The Hidden Ways • The Highland Clans • the living mountain • The Making Of The British Landscape • The Marches • The Old Ways • the outrun • The Places in Between • The Reivers: The Story of the Border Reivers • The Scots: A Genetic Journey • The Sea Kingdoms: The History of Celtic Britain and Ireland • The Wall: Rome’s Greatest Frontier • The Wild Places • Tuscany: A History • Tyneside: A History of Newcastle and Gateshead from Earliest Times • Walking
• ISBN-10: 1-78689-102-6 / 1786891026
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78689-102-0 / 9781786891020