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Alistair Moffat

Britain's Last Frontier

A Scottish historian travels along the cultural and geographical border of the Highlands in this “seductive travelogue” (Scottish Field).
Running from the northeast to the southwest of Scotland, the Highland Line is the most profound internal boundary in Britain. First recognized by the Roman general Agricola in the first century AD, it divides the country in many senses—signaling the border between Highland and Lowland; Celtic and English-speaking; crofting and farming.
In Britain's Last Frontier Alistair Moffat makes a journey of the imagination, tracing the route of the Line from the River Clyde through Perthshire and the North-east. In addition to exploring the huge importance of the Line over almost two thousand years, he also shows how it continues to influence life and attitudes in 21st-century Scotland. The result is a fascinating book full of history and anecdote.
385 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2012
Publication year
2012
Publisher
Birlinn
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