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Arthur And The Lost Kingdoms Alistair Moffat
The author of this work examines the location and identity of the real Arthur. He argues that the historical Arthur was not a king but a general chosen around 500 A.D. to lead a coalition army by the Welsh or Celtic kingdoms of southern Scotland
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Black Friday: The Story Of The Eyemouth Disaster Peter Aitchison
189 men drowned in a single afternoon in Scotland's worst fishing disaster. It decimated the coastal community of Eyemouth where the effects of Black Friday are felt yet, some 120 years on. This book tells the story of Eyemouth.
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Border Bloodshed: Scotland And England At War, 1369-1403 Alastair J. MacDonald
Scottish military offensives against the English from 1369 were largely the product of government policy, and involved the participation of the political community of the realm. This text traces the reasons that inspired the conflict.
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Border Fury: England And Scotland At War, 1296-1568 John Sadler
A history of three long and bloody centuries of endemic warfare between England and Scotland, this looks at how medieval English kings sought to dominate their northern neighbour, and why they failed.
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The Border Line Eric Robson
The border area between England and Scotland has been a highly disputed territory. Eric Robson walks the modern border line, starting at the Solway Firth, covering over 100 miles to Berwick on Tweed, describing points of interest and recounting episodes from the region's history.
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The Borders: A History Of The Borders From Earliest Times Alistair Moffat
This text is a history of the Borders from earliest times, from the author of The Edinburgh Fringe, Remembering Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms.
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The Borders' Last Days Of Steam W. A. C. Smith
This book recalls the Waverley line and the many branches as they once were, back in the fifties and sixties before the closures were made. Covering the whole Borders region, including England, featuring stations as well as evocative photographs of locomotives puffing across the countryside.
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The Chronicle Of Melrose: A Stratigraphic Edition
'The chronicle of Melrose' is the principal source for Scottish history in the late 12th and 13th centuries; it is also a remarkable survival of a chronicle-manuscript that grew for over a century. It is thus of great importance to historians and palaeographers alike.
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Exploring Border Reivers History Philip Nixon
If you have a reiver name, or suspect your ancestors were just a load of villains up to no good, then this well researched and lavishly illustrated book could just confirm your worst fears!
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A Fortified Frontier: Defences Of The Anglo-Scottish Border Iain MacIvor
This is an illustrated story of the castles, towers, artillery fortifications and town defences on both sides of the Anglo-Scottish border.
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