After the Reformation and destruction of the Abbey, Kelso became uninvolved in national politics and settled into the beautiful market town. This book features the town's history, from its involvement in international politics to the correct spelling of the name of a close that disappeared in 1805.

Presenting the half-forgotten kings and kingdoms of Scotland two thousand years ago, this history offers a journey around a lost Scotland.

Hadrian's Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monument in Britain. This book considers who built the Wall, how it was built, why it was built and how it affected the native peoples who lived in its mighty shadow.

Presents a story of the land that became Scotland which is one of dramatic geological events and human endeavour. This title also presents a narrative that ranges from the great thaw at the end of the Ice Age which was instrumental in shaping Scotlands magnificent landscape through the megalith builders, to the Celts and the Picts.

Covers a journey, from the Scottish islands and Scotland, to the English coast, Wales, Cornwall and Ireland, ignoring national boundaries to reveal the rich fabric of culture and history of Celtic Britain. This work presents an account of the oral history, legends and battles of a people whose past stretches back many hundred of years.

Only one period in history is immediately linked to the whole area of the Scottish and English Border country, and that is the time of the Reivers. Whenever anyone mentions Reiver, no-one hesitates to add Border. This book tells the tale of a land that was a no-man's-land but a land over which blood was shed on both sides of an invisible border.

Tells the tale of how Tyneside was made, and how it came to look, sound and behave the way it does. This book ranges from the retreat of the icefields, through the coming of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and the glories of Northumbria, to the growth of the Industrial Revolution, the trials of the football team and the renewals of the 21st century.

A story of the border: a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. This is also the story of an ancient place; where hunter-gatherers penetrated into the virgin interior, where Celtic warlords ruled, the Romans came but could not conquer, and where the glittering kingdom of Northumbria thrived.

From the retreat of the icefields 10,000 years ago, through the coming of the Roman Emperor Hadrian to the growth of the Industrial Revolution, the trials of the football team and its heroes, and the renewals of the twenty-first century, this book tells the tale of the Tyneside, and the people who made it.

Traces the history of the clans from their Celtic origins to the coming of the Romans, through the great battles of Bannockburn and Flodden, to the Clearances and the present day. This book is suitable for those interested in the history of Scotland.

A guide to Tuscany that underlines both the area's regional uniqueness as well as the vital role it has played in the history of the whole of Italy.

A remarkable new piece of research that vividly uncovers Scotland's DNA Map. Since the openening of the Scottish Parliament there has been a revitalised interest in Scottish history and national identity. New technology and the mushrooming of genetic studies is spectacularly furthering our knowledge of who we are.

A whirlwind tour of Scotland as it existed two thousand years ago. Moffat provides insight into old-Welsh speaking Celtic societies, defies the modern notion of geographical and linguistic constancy, and takes us back to when the Sons of Prophecy ruled and when the English kings of Bernicia held sway over vast swathes of what is now Scotland.