The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers

Harvill, London, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Fourth Inpression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 412 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. "If Jesus Christ were amongst them, they would deceive him," 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. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; British History; Scotland; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; ISBN: 0002727463. ISBN/EAN: 9780002727464. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10199. . 9780002727464