The Faded Map: The Story of the Lost Kingdoms of Scotland - Hardcover

Moffat, Alistair

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841588857 ISBN 13: 9781841588858

Publisher: Birlinn, 2010

Synopsis

Modern communications have driven motorways and pylons through the countryside, dwarfed us with TV and telephone masts and drastically altered the way in which we move around, see and understand Scotland. Recent politics and logistics have established borders and jurisdictions which now seem permanent and impervious. "The Faded Map" sees past these and remembers a land that was once quiet and green. It brings to vivid life the half-forgotten kings and kingdoms of two thousand years ago, of the time of the Romans, the Dark Ages and into the early medieval period. In this fascinating account, Alistair Moffat describes the landscape these men and women moved through and talks of a Celtic society which spoke to itself in Old Welsh, where the Sons of Prophesy ruled, and the time when the English kings of Bernicia held sway over vast swathes of what is now Scotland. Heroes rode out of the mists to challenge them and then join with them. The faint echo of the din of ancient battles can be hea

About this title

About the Author:

Alistair Moffat was born and bred in the Scottish Borders. A former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Director of Programmes at Scottish Television, he now runs the burgeoning Borders Book Festival as well as a production company based near Selkirk. He has written six previous books that are published by Birlinn.

About this edition

• Publisher: Birlinn
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1841588857
• ISBN 13: 9781841588858
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352