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Dick The Devil S Bairns

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Author : Jon Tait
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-01-29

Dick The Devil S Bairns written by Jon Tait and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-29 with categories.

The Anglo-Scottish border was a virtual warzone for around 300 years and it created a lawless society that became known as the Border Reivers. The English and Scottish authorities took a huge step towards brokering some sort of peace in the area in 1597 when, following a Treaty signed at Carlisle, 54 men, representing the wildest reiver clans, were demanded as 'pledges, ' or hostages. The plan was for them to be locked up as a means to prevent - or at least try and dissuade - their clans and families from committing further violent crime. Dick the Devil's Bairns is their story; the worst of the worst. The book follows the fate of those selected by the respective nations as doing the most damage by raiding, while examining the historic criminal activities carried out by those families, and others, in earning their outlaw reputations and status. The story also explores the criminal gang's roles within the context of the wider Reiver society and the part played by their 'Godfathers' in creating the first Mafia-style organisations - and their eventual downfall. Dick the Devil's Bairns is historic true crime at its rawest and is written by a sports journalist who hails from the Coquet Valley.

Dick The Devil S Bairns

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Author : Jon Tait
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018

Dick The Devil S Bairns written by Jon Tait and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.

The X Jewel

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Author : Frederick Charles Moncreiff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896

The X Jewel written by Frederick Charles Moncreiff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Scotland categories.

The Armstrongs

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Author : Derek James Stewart
language : en
Publisher: American Academic Press
Release Date : 2017-07-11

The Armstrongs written by Derek James Stewart and has been published by American Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-11 with Fiction categories.

The Armstrongs were the number one “Riding” family on the Anglo/Scots Border during the 16th century. They were the most destructive of the Border reivers... and can arguably be called Britain’s worst ever family. The book follows two narratives... The first delves into the history of the Armstrongs; origins, where they lived, their society and how they survived across a violent frontier... The second narrative is a gazetteer of family biographies – A who’s who of raiders and marauders based on court cases and criminal trials. Tales of ransom, murder, arson, blackmail and theft are explored, drawing out the family’s story during this unique period.

The Hot Trod

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Author : John Sadler
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2022-11-15

The Hot Trod written by John Sadler and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-15 with History categories.

'Here are two peoples almost identical in blood – the same language and religion; and yet a few years of quarrelsome isolation have so separated their thoughts and ways that not unions nor mutual dangers, not steamers nor railways, seem able to obliterate the broad distinction.' Robert Louis Stephenson

Northumberland

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Author : Craig Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2018-03-30

Northumberland written by Craig Armstrong and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-30 with History categories.

From the castle Hogwarts draws inspiration from to the first house in the world to be lit by electricity, this visitor's guide to Northumberland gives readers the full historic scope of the heart of this ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom. Northumberland…to the Romans it was Ad Fines, the limit of the Empire, the end of the Roman World. It was here in 122 AD that the Emperor Hadrian decided to build a wall stretching from coast-to-coast to provide protection, to show the might of the Empire, and as a statement of his grandeur. Visitors to Northumberland can walk the Wall visiting milecastles, Roman frontier forts and settlements such as Housesteads (where you can see the oldest toilets you’ll ever see) or Vindolanda (where you can take part in an archaeological dig) where wooden tablets detailing life on this frontier (the oldest example of written language in Britain) were discovered, or the remains of Roman temples and shrines (such as the Mithraeum at Carrawburgh). After the Romans left, Northumberland became the heart of one of the greatest kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain, Northumbria. The home of Saints, scholars and warrior kings. Visitors can see the ancient seat of this kingdom at the medieval Bamburgh Castle, visit Hexham Abbey (built in 674 AD), or tour the magnificent remains of the 7th century Priory at Tynemouth (where three kings are buried – Oswin (d. 651), Osred (d. 790), and the Scottish King Malcolm III (d. 1093). No other county in Britain has as many medieval remains as Northumberland. From the most grand such as Alnwick Castle (known as the Windsor of the North, the home of the Dukes of Northumberland, the capital of Northumberland, and, to many, Hogwarts!) to humble remains such as the Chantry at Morpeth. At Warkworth visitors can tour the medieval church (scene of a 12th century Scottish massacre), Warkworth Castle (another Percy possession and the setting for a scene in Shakespeare’s Henry IV), a medieval hermitage, and the fortified bridge gatehouse (one of the only surviving examples in Britain). Northumberland was ravaged during the Anglo-Scottish Wars and this led to the development of family clans of Border Reivers who were active during the 16th and early 17th centuries. Raiders, looters, blackmailers and courageous cavalrymen the Reivers have left many surviving remnants of their harsh time. Peel Towers dot the landscape alongside Bastle Houses. The active can even walk in the footsteps of the Reivers by following the Reivers Way long distance path. Victorian Northumberland was dominated by both farming and, increasingly, by the industrial genius of some of its entrepreneurs. The greatest of these, Lord Armstrong (known as the Magician of the North), has left behind one of the most magnificent tourist sites in Britain; his home at Cragside. Carved from a bare hillside and transplanted with millions of trees and shrubs and crowned with the beautiful Cragside House visitors can walk the grounds taking advantage of various trails and spotting wildlife such as red squirrels before visiting the first house in the world to be lit by electricity!