THE STEEL BONNETS: Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers
$40.00 USD • Used
cloth, 404 pages, illustrated, frontis, 18 full page b & w plates,map endpapers, one full page plate. five line ink inscription of former owner on half-title, else a clean, bright copy, In protect...
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cloth, 404 pages, illustrated, frontis, 18 full page b & w plates,map endpapers, one full page plate. five line ink inscription of former owner on half-title, else a clean, bright copy, In protective mylar jacket. Four hundred years ago, when Queen Elizabeth reigned in a comparatively peaceful England, the people of the English-Scottish frontier country were living in the grip of systematic raiding, feud, and oranized gangsterism. This was the work of the Border reivers - the rustlers and marauders who raided night after night in the hills and farmlands From Berwick to the Solway. Much info for geneologists on numerous familes i.e.; Humes, Kerrs, Fenwicks,Johnstones,Maxwells, Armstrongs Elliots, Grahams, Scotts, Carletons, Bells, Carlisles, Littles, Rutherfords, Nixons, Ridleys and many more. The author is the well known fiction writer, and creator of "Flashman" Size: 8 vo,.
Product Info
ISBN: 0002172615
ISBN-13: 9780002172615
Publisher: COLLINS HARVILL
Year: 1986
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
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HarryEBagleyBooks
Address: P.O. Box 691 Fredericton, New Brunswick
Website: https://www.bagbooks.com
Country: Canada
