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  • EDINBURGH: A NEW HISTORY
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    EDINBURGH: A NEW HISTORY
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    From prehistory to the present day, the story of Edinburgh is packed with incident and drama. As Scotland’s capital since 1437, the city has witnessed many of the key events which have shaped the nation. But Edinburgh has always been much more than just a political centre. During the Enlightenment, it was one the intellectual powerhouses of Europe, and in the twentieth century ...

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  • GLASGOW: A NEW HISTORY
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    GLASGOW: A NEW HISTORY
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    Scotland’s largest city has always been one of the most vibrant, varied and fascinating places in the country. This new history of Glasgow begins with the river, for the Clyde made the city flourish. From prehistory to the Romans, to Mungo and the kingdom of Strathclyde, it’s a rich, quirky and moving story that remembers the foundation of the burgh by the bishops and moves rap...

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  • TO SEE OURSELVES
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    TO SEE OURSELVES
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    Reflects on Scotland’s dramatic transformation since 1945 through personal memories and eyewitness accounts. Since 1945 the world has changed at breakneck speed, and life in post-war Scotland is now entirely different from what it was like when Alistair Moffat grew up in the quiet Border town of Kelso in the 1950s. At that time the rhythms and practicalities of daily life which...

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  • WAR PATHS
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    WAR PATHS
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    Acclaimed historian Alistair Moffat sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans. In twelve journeys he explores places of conflict, recreating as he walks the tumult of battle. This is a unique exploration of many of the places and events which define a country’s history. Acclaimed historian Alistair Moffat sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans. In thirteen journe...

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  • THE ALISTAIR MOFFAT HISTORY COLLECTION
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    THE ALISTAIR MOFFAT HISTORY COLLECTION
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    Uncover the story of Scotland with Alistair Moffat's history collection. From the Ice Age to the modern day, this bundle leaves no stone unturned. Journey through the long-lost kingdoms of Roman times and the Dark Ages, uncover the bloodshed wrought by the Border Reivers for two centuries, track down the true King Arthur, and learn the true story of how Scotland became the nati...

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  • SCOTLAND
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    SCOTLAND
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    Five hundred million years of Scottish history from the author of Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms: "Deserves a prominent place in the history canon" ( Scots Magazine).   Covering the Ice Age to the recent Scottish Referendum, the acclaimed historian and author explores the history of the Scottish nation. Focusing on key moments such as the Battle of Bannockburn and the Jacobite ri...

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  • HAWICK
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    HAWICK
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    This local history tells the centuries-long story of a Scottish Borders town through its battles, traditions and transformations from prehistory to today.   Hawick, Scotland, is famous for its annual Common Riding festival, an equestrian tradition that traces its roots to the 16th century Battle of Hornshole. But in this lively history, Alistair Moffat takes the narrative much ...

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  • BRITAIN'S LAST FRONTIER
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    BRITAIN'S LAST FRONTIER
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    A Scottish historian travels along the cultural and geographical border of the Highlands in this "seductive travelogue" (Scottish Field).   Running from the northeast to the southwest of Scotland, the Highland Line is the most profound internal boundary in Britain. First recognized by the Roman general Agricola in the first century AD, it divides the country in many senses—sign...

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  • ARTHUR AND THE LOST KINGDOMS
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    ARTHUR AND THE LOST KINGDOMS
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    A "fascinating historical detective work" that pins down the real story of the legendary medieval king and the court of Camelot ( Spectator).   The Holy Grail, the kingdom of Camelot, the Knights of the Round Table, and the magical sword Excalibur are all key ingredients of the legends surrounding King Arthur. But who was he really, where did he come from, and how much of what ...

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  • THE WALL
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    THE WALL
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    A "compelling, thought-provoking and entertaining history" of Hadrian's Wall, one of Britain's most intriguing landmarks ( Herald). Hadrian's Wall is the largest and one of the most enigmatic historical monuments in Britain. Nothing else approaches its vast scale: a land wall running seventy-three miles from east to west and a sea wall stretching at least twenty-six miles down ...

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  • THE BORDERS
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    THE BORDERS
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    A "beautifully written" history of the Scottish Borders—from the Ice Age to present day—by the author of Scotland: A History from Earliest Times ( Boston Sunday Herald).   This is the story of the border: a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. It is the story of England and Scotland, told not from the remoteness of London or Edinburgh or in the tire...

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  • TUSCANY
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    TUSCANY
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    "S ome of the most fascinating, intriguing and, yes, brutal episodes of the region's past written in the fast-paced, involving style of an adventure novel" ( Italy Magazine, "Book of the Week").   With the perfect fusion of history, art, architecture, superb natural beauty, and weather—not to mention magnificent traditions of food and drink—Tuscany has cast its spell over visit...

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  • THE REIVERS
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    THE REIVERS
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    An "exciting and dramatic" history of the raiders who ruled the lawless Anglo-Scottish borderlands for over a century ( Cumberland News). Nowhere else in Britain in the modern era, or indeed in Europe, did civil order break down over such a wide area, or for such a long time, as on the border country between Scotland and England. For more than a century, the hoofbeats of countl...

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  • THE SCOTS
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    THE SCOTS
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    This unique "fusion of science and the physical history" traces the story of the Scots through their DNA ( Sunday Herald). An almost limitless archive of our history lies hidden inside our bodies, and this book traces the ancient story of Scotland from that scientific viewpoint. The mushrooming of genetic studies, of DNA analysis, is rewriting history in spectacular fashion. In...

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  • THE FADED MAP
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    THE FADED MAP
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    Dive into Northern Britain's Dark Ages in "a book which gives a satisfying and convincing account of this little-known part of Scotland's history" ( Undiscovered Scotland).   Modern communications have driven motorways and pylons through the countryside, dwarfed us with TV and telephone masts, and drastically altered the way in which we move around, see, and understand Scotland...

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