The Faded Map: The Lost Kingdoms of Scotland
By (Author) Alistair Moffat
Birlinn General
Birlinn Ltd
25th July 2011
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
European history
Social and cultural history
History and Archaeology
941.1
Paperback
288
Width 130mm, Height 195mm, Spine 20mm
268g
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 looks beyond these to remember 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.
Alistair Moffatwas born in Kelso, Scotland in 1950. He is an award winning Writer, Historian and former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Director of Programmes at Scottish Television. He is the founder of Borders Book Festival and Co-Chairman of The Great Tapestry Of Scotland.