Scottish Borders Fiction

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  Balefire Nigel Tranter
  Set in the period of Border warfare that raged between England and Scotland at the start of the 16th century, Balefire is a story of courage, honour and divided loyalties.
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  Blood On The Borders Judith Cook
  It is May Day 1592 and, after a night of drunken revelry and a busy day tending the sick, Dr Simon Forman falls into bed exhausted. He is soon woken by a man dying from a sword thrust. Next morning he is accused of harbouring enemies of the state.
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  Border Wedding Amanda Scott
  This romance is set in the Scottish Borders in the 14th century. Caught trying to steal back his own cattle, Sir Walter Scott is given a choice: hang or marry his captor's daughter, Meg. Their union makes Meg a pawn in the endless violence between England and Scotland, and she must choose between her family and her husband.
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  The Complete Short Stories John Buchan
  This volume includes the stories which appeared in Scholar Gipsies and Grey weather, which have never been published. Most of these stories feature the farmers and shepherds of the Scottish Borders.
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  The Courts Of The Morning John Buchan
  This novel begins in the pleasant atmosphere of a country house in the Scottish Borders, where Richard Hannay is the guest of his old friend, Sandy Arbuthnot. But the scene quickly shifts to a small South American republic in the grip of a dictator.
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  Dead Game Gerald Hammond
  Keith Calder, gunsmith and shooting instructor, is also a rascal with a total disregard for the law. Calder is a guest at a shoot in the Scottish Borders when one of the syndicate members dies - apparently by accident, but a bullet is found in his body.
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  The Dungeon Lynne Reid Banks
  Bruce McLennan, a Scottish laird, is a domineering master, a cruel man, who has his heart set on building himself a castle and a dungeon in which to punish his enemies. As the castle is being built he travels to China and beyond and buys Peony, a young girl who he uses as a slave.
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  Grey Weather: Moorland Tales Of My Own People John Buchan
  The subtitle of this collection of sketches sets the theme for these fourteen tales. Shepherds, farmers, herdsmen and poachers are John Buchan's subjects and his love for the hills and lochs of the Borders shines through in the writing of each story.
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  Guests Of War Robin Jenkins
  In the autumn of 1939, as the Nazi Blitzkrieg sweeps across Europe, the people of Gowburgh are forced to prepare themselves for war. Women and children of the town are evacuated to Langrigg, causing tension with the population of their new home.
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  Huntingtower John Buchan
  Dickson McCunn is a retired Glasgow provisions merchant who sets out to find adventure in Huntingtower. He is a benefactor of the Gorbals Die-hards, a group of boys who have formed their own version of a boy scout group.

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  New Minstrelsy Of The Scottish Border
  A collection of poetry.
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  Tweed Rivers: New Writing And Art Inspired By The Rivers Of The Tweed Catchment Ken Cockburn; James Carter
  Combining poetry, essays and short prose as well as a variety of visual media from etchings and woodcuts through watercolours and acrylics to colour, black & white and pinhole photography, Tweed Rivers presents a contemporary reaction to this landscape.