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Author : Graham Robb
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-06-02
Cols And Passes Of The British Isles written by Graham Robb and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-02 with History categories.
A col is the lowest point on the saddle between two mountains. Graham Robb has spent years uncovering and cataloguing the 2,002 cols and 105 passes scattered across the British Isles. Some of these obscure and magical sites are virgin cols that have never been crossed. Dozens were lost by the Ordnance Survey and are recorded only in ballads or monastic charters. The eleven cols of Hadrian's Wall are practically unknown and have never been properly identified. These underappreciated slices of natural beauty provide a new way of looking at British history, and a challenge for cyclists and walkers.
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Author : Graham Robb
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2016-07-26
The Cols And Passes Of The British Isles written by Graham Robb and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-26 with History categories.
'A delicious and hypnotically fascinating masterpiece of squinty-eyed fanaticism' - Stephen Bayley, Spectator Books of the Year 'No one else so relishes the odd corners of history' - Sunday Times 'Such a warm, gentle and generous writer, with no faux scholarly tosh or solitary ecstasy riffs' - Evening Standard The one and only guide to every col and pass in the British Isles, for cyclists, walkers and armchair travellers A col is the lowest point on the saddle between two mountains. Graham Robb has spent years uncovering and cataloguing the 2,002 cols and 105 passes scattered across the British Isles. Some of these obscure and magical sites are virgin cols that have never been crossed. Dozens were lost by the Ordnance Survey and are recorded only in ballads or monastic charters. The eleven cols of Hadrian's Wall are practically unknown and have never been properly identified. These under-appreciated slices of natural beauty provide a new way of looking at British history, and a challenge for cyclists and walkers. A wonderful writer . . . No one else so relishes the odd corners of history - Sunday Times He is such a warm, gentle and generous writer, with no faux scholarly tosh or solitary ecstasy riffs - Evening Standard Graham Robb is an acclaimed historian and biographer, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He has won the Whitbread Biography Prize and the Heinemann Award forVictor Hugo, as well as the Ondaatje Prize and Duff Cooper Prize for The Discovery of France. He lives on the English-Scottish border (and within a day's ride of one hundred and seventy cols).
The British Isles
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Author : William Frederick Morris
language : en
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Release Date : 1924
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language : en
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Release Date : 1900
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The Debatable Land
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Author : Graham Robb
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2018-02-08
The Debatable Land written by Graham Robb and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-08 with History categories.
‘A book worth reading’ Andrew Marr, Sunday Times The Debatable Land was an independent territory which used to exist between Scotland and England. At the height of its notoriety, it was the bloodiest region in Great Britain, fought over by Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and James V. After the Union of the Crowns, most of its population was slaughtered or deported and it became the last part of the country to be brought under the control of the state. Today, its history has been forgotten or ignored. When Graham Robb moved to a lonely house on the very edge of England, he discovered that the river which almost surrounded his new home had once marked the Debatable Land’s southern boundary. Under the powerful spell of curiosity, Robb began a journey – on foot, by bicycle and into the past – that would uncover lost towns and roads, reveal the truth about this maligned patch of land and result in more than one discovery of major historical significance. Rich in detail and epic in scope, The Debatable Land takes us from a time when neither England nor Scotland could be imagined to the present day, when contemporary nationalism and political turmoil threaten to unsettle the cross-border community once more. Writing with his customary charm, wit and literary grace, Graham Robb proves the Debatable Land to be a crucial, missing piece in the puzzle of British history. Includes a 16-page colour plate section.
The British Isles
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Author : A. Ferriday
language : en
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Release Date : 1974
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Geography Of The British Isles
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Author : Norman John Graves
language : en
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Release Date : 1978
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The British Isles
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Author : George Harry Dury
language : en
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Release Date : 1961
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Author : Alan Ferriday
language : en
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Release Date : 1958
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Author : George Harry Dury
language : en
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Release Date : 1961
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