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Download or read book Dick the Devil s Bairns written by Jon Tait and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anglo-Scottish border was a virtual warzone for around 300 years and it created a lawless society that became known as the Border Reivers. The English and Scottish authorities took a huge step towards brokering some sort of peace in the area in 1597 when, following a Treaty signed at Carlisle, 54 men, representing the wildest reiver clans, were demanded as 'pledges, ' or hostages. The plan was for them to be locked up as a means to prevent - or at least try and dissuade - their clans and families from committing further violent crime. Dick the Devil's Bairns is their story; the worst of the worst. The book follows the fate of those selected by the respective nations as doing the most damage by raiding, while examining the historic criminal activities carried out by those families, and others, in earning their outlaw reputations and status. The story also explores the criminal gang's roles within the context of the wider Reiver society and the part played by their 'Godfathers' in creating the first Mafia-style organisations - and their eventual downfall. Dick the Devil's Bairns is historic true crime at its rawest and is written by a sports journalist who hails from the Coquet Valley.
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Download or read book The Hot Trod written by John Sadler and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Here are two peoples almost identical in blood – the same language and religion; and yet a few years of quarrelsome isolation have so separated their thoughts and ways that not unions nor mutual dangers, not steamers nor railways, seem able to obliterate the broad distinction.' Robert Louis Stephenson
Download or read book The Armstrongs written by Derek James Stewart and published by American Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Armstrongs were the number one “Riding” family on the Anglo/Scots Border during the 16th century. They were the most destructive of the Border reivers... and can arguably be called Britain’s worst ever family. The book follows two narratives... The first delves into the history of the Armstrongs; origins, where they lived, their society and how they survived across a violent frontier... The second narrative is a gazetteer of family biographies – A who’s who of raiders and marauders based on court cases and criminal trials. Tales of ransom, murder, arson, blackmail and theft are explored, drawing out the family’s story during this unique period.
Download or read book Northumberland written by Craig Armstrong and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the castle Hogwarts draws inspiration from to the first house in the world to be lit by electricity, this visitor's guide to Northumberland gives readers the full historic scope of the heart of this ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom. Northumberland…to the Romans it was Ad Fines, the limit of the Empire, the end of the Roman World. It was here in 122 AD that the Emperor Hadrian decided to build a wall stretching from coast-to-coast to provide protection, to show the might of the Empire, and as a statement of his grandeur. Visitors to Northumberland can walk the Wall visiting milecastles, Roman frontier forts and settlements such as Housesteads (where you can see the oldest toilets you’ll ever see) or Vindolanda (where you can take part in an archaeological dig) where wooden tablets detailing life on this frontier (the oldest example of written language in Britain) were discovered, or the remains of Roman temples and shrines (such as the Mithraeum at Carrawburgh). After the Romans left, Northumberland became the heart of one of the greatest kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain, Northumbria. The home of Saints, scholars and warrior kings. Visitors can see the ancient seat of this kingdom at the medieval Bamburgh Castle, visit Hexham Abbey (built in 674 AD), or tour the magnificent remains of the 7th century Priory at Tynemouth (where three kings are buried – Oswin (d. 651), Osred (d. 790), and the Scottish King Malcolm III (d. 1093). No other county in Britain has as many medieval remains as Northumberland. From the most grand such as Alnwick Castle (known as the Windsor of the North, the home of the Dukes of Northumberland, the capital of Northumberland, and, to many, Hogwarts!) to humble remains such as the Chantry at Morpeth. At Warkworth visitors can tour the medieval church (scene of a 12th century Scottish massacre), Warkworth Castle (another Percy possession and the setting for a scene in Shakespeare’s Henry IV), a medieval hermitage, and the fortified bridge gatehouse (one of the only surviving examples in Britain). Northumberland was ravaged during the Anglo-Scottish Wars and this led to the development of family clans of Border Reivers who were active during the 16th and early 17th centuries. Raiders, looters, blackmailers and courageous cavalrymen the Reivers have left many surviving remnants of their harsh time. Peel Towers dot the landscape alongside Bastle Houses. The active can even walk in the footsteps of the Reivers by following the Reivers Way long distance path. Victorian Northumberland was dominated by both farming and, increasingly, by the industrial genius of some of its entrepreneurs. The greatest of these, Lord Armstrong (known as the Magician of the North), has left behind one of the most magnificent tourist sites in Britain; his home at Cragside. Carved from a bare hillside and transplanted with millions of trees and shrubs and crowned with the beautiful Cragside House visitors can walk the grounds taking advantage of various trails and spotting wildlife such as red squirrels before visiting the first house in the world to be lit by electricity!
Download or read book The Lives of Dr John Donne Sir Henry Wotten Mr Richard Hooker Mr George Herbert and Dr Robert Sanderson written by Izaak Walton and published by . This book was released on 1796 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Treasury of Light Or the Storehouse of Truths Gathered on the Luminous Pasture Fields of History Mythology Prophecy and Heraldry By John Bull Edited by Earnest Edwards Esq written by John Bull and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of Valentine and His Brother written by Mrs. Oliphant and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Story of Valentine and His Brother" by Mrs. Oliphant Margaret Oliphant was a Scottish novelist who wrote well over a hundred works of fiction during her career. However, this might be one of her best and most loved. Centered around the domestic realism of a family and brotherly dynamic, this book is realistic in a way that allows you to fall into the story as if it were your own life.
Download or read book The Literature of the Highlands written by Magnus Maclean and published by London : Blackie. This book was released on 1904 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham Lincolnshire written by Edward Peacock and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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