Hidden Ways

Scotland's Forgotten Roads

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-05-03
Mått:129 x 198 x 20 mm
Vikt:226 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Canongate Books
ISBN:9781786891037
Utmärkelser:Short-listed for Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards - Marco Polo Outstanding General Travel Themed Book of the Year 2018 (UK)

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Alistair Moffat MBE 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 the Borders Book Festival and was awarded the MBE for services to literature and culture in 2025.alistairmoffat.co.uk

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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