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The Steel Bonnets: Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers
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&doublequote;If Jesus Christ were amongst them, they would deceive him,&doublequote; it was said of the plunders, raiders, and outlaws who terrorized the Anglo-Scottish Border for over 300 years. Theirs is an almost forgotten chapter of British history, preserved largely in folktales and ballads. It is the story of the notorious raiding families--Armstrongs, Elliots, Grahams, Johnstones, Maxwells, Scotts, Kerrs, Nixons, and others--of the outlaw bands and broken men, and the fierce battles of English and Scottish armies across the Marches. The Steel Bonnets tells their true story in its historical context-- how the reivers ran their raids and operated their system of blackmail and terrorism, and how the March Wardens, enforcing the unique Border law, fought the great lawless community. A superb work of scholarship and a spellbinding narrative. George MacDonald Fraser is the celebrated author of the Flashman novels, The Candlemass Road, The Pyrates, and the Private McAuslan stories.
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&doublequote;A remarkably successful book on a fascinating subject, well organized and well written.&doublequote;--Time's Literary Supplement
Category: 102
Condition: New
ISBN: 0002727463 Published: 1989-03-09
Author: George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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