The Marches : a borderland journey between England and Scotland
(Book)
Author
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
ISBN
9780544108882, 0544108884
Physical Desc
xii, 354 pages, 1 unnumbered page of plates : maps, color portrait ; 24 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Acton - Adult | 941.3 S851 | On Shelf |
Arlington - Adult | 941.37 STE | On Shelf |
Brookline - Adult | 914.14 Stewart 2016 | On Shelf |
Cambridge - Adult | 941.3 Stewart | On Shelf |
Cambridge Outreach - Adult | 941.3 Stewart | On Shelf |
More Details
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780544108882, 0544108884
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
Explores the landscape of the author's home on the borderland between England and Scotland -- known as the Marches -- and the history, people, and conflicts that have shaped it.
Description
"In The Places in Between, Rory Stewart walked some of the most dangerous borderlands in the world. Now he travels with his eighty-nine-year-old father -- a comical, wily, courageous, and infuriating former British intelligence officer -- along the border they call home. On Stewart's 400-mile walk across a magnificent natural landscape, he sleeps on mountain ridges and in housing projects, in hostels and farmhouses. With every fresh encounter -- from an Afghanistan veteran based on Hadrian's Wall to a shepherd who still counts his flock in sixth-century words -- Stewart uncovers more about the forgotten peoples and languages of a vanished country, now crushed between England and Scotland. Stewart and his father are drawn into unsettling reflections on landscape, their parallel careers in the bygone British Empire and Iraq, and the past, present, and uncertain future of the United Kingdom. And as the end approaches, his father's stubborn charm transforms this chronicle of nations into a fierce, exuberant encounter between a father and a son. This is a profound reflection on family, landscape, and history."--From dust jacket.
Original Version
Originally published:,Stewart, Rory.,The Marches : border walks with my father.,London : Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage Publishing, 2016.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Civil service pensioners -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
Fathers and sons -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Great Britain. -- MI6 -- Officials and employees, Retired -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
Great Britain. -- Parliament. -- House of Commons -- Officials and employees -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
Legislators -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
Politicians -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) -- Description and travel.
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) -- History.
Stewart, Brian, -- 1922-2015 -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
Stewart, Rory -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues.
Travel writing.
Walking -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
Fathers and sons -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Great Britain. -- MI6 -- Officials and employees, Retired -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
Great Britain. -- Parliament. -- House of Commons -- Officials and employees -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
Legislators -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
Politicians -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) -- Description and travel.
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) -- History.
Stewart, Brian, -- 1922-2015 -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
Stewart, Rory -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues.
Travel writing.
Walking -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Stewart, R. (2016). The Marches: a borderland journey between England and Scotland (First U.S. edition.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stewart, Rory. 2016. The Marches: A Borderland Journey between England and Scotland. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stewart, Rory. The Marches: A Borderland Journey between England and Scotland Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Stewart, Rory. The Marches: A Borderland Journey between England and Scotland First U.S. edition., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
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