Alistair Moffat was born and bred in the Scottish Borders. A former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Director of Programmes at Scottish Television and founder of the Borders Book Festival, he is also the author of a number of highly acclaimed books. From 2011 he was Rector of the University of St Andrews. He has written more than thirty books on Scottish history, and lives in the Scottish Borders.
'Think Peaky Blinders but with swords and a taste for cattle
rustling'
*The Herald*
'This is a page-turning history, lucidly written, and it is
enhanced by a selection of five famous Border ballads. One of the
best reads of the year, without doubt'
*Scottish Life*
'This is a history as exciting and dramatic as the Border ballads
themselves'
*Cumberland News*
'It is the passion and pride in the land of his birth that shine
through in this superb new work'
*Southern Reporter*
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