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The Marches
Border walks with my father
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Ideal for readers interested in travel, British history, landscape writing, and thoughtful reflections on nationhood and family connections.
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See moreHis father Brian taught Rory Stewart how to walk, and walked with him on journeys from Iran to Malaysia. Now they have chosen to do their final walk together along 'the Marches' - the frontier that divides their two countries, Scotland and England. This book is about their experiences and a chronicle of contemporary Britain.
MP and travel writer Rory Stewart traverses the borderlands between England and Scotland, musing on history, memory and landscape
'This is travel writing at its best.'
Katherine Norbury, Observer
An Observer Book of the Year
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MP and travel writer Rory Stewart traverses the borderlands between England and Scotland, musing on history, memory and landscape.
This is travel writing at its best.
— Katherine Norbury, Observer
An Observer Book of the Year
THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF POLITICS ON THE EDGE
Rory Stewart and his father are undertaking their final walk together along the Marches—the frontier that divides Scotland and England.
Travel writing at its best — OBSERVER
Profoundly moving — SPECTATOR
On their six-hundred-mile, thirty-day journey, the pair relive Scottish dances, reflect on Burmese honey-bears, and on the loss of human presence in the British landscape. Their odyssey develops into a history of nationhood, an anatomy of the landscape, a chronicle of contemporary Britain and an exuberant encounter between a father and a son.
A bewitching book — SUNDAY TIMES
An unforgettable tale — NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Deeply moving, honest and loving — COUNTRY LIFE
GUARDIAN READERS' BOOK OF THE YEAR
OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR
WINNER OF THE HUNTER DAVIES LAKELAND PRIZE
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Highly praised for its intelligence and emotional depth, the book is described as 'travel writing at its best' (Observer) and 'a bewitching book' (Sunday Times). Reviewers highlight its engaging narrative, the compelling father-son relationship, and Rory Stewart's unique blend of political insight and literary skill, comparing him to Robert MacFarlane with a geopolitical twist.
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ISBN: 9780099581895
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 September 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 312g
Pages: 368
About the Author
Rory Stewart lived in the Eden Valley of Cumbria for ten years, serving as the Member of Parliament for Penrith and the Border - the largest and most sparsely populated constituency in England - much of which he explored on foot. Half Scottish and half English, he spent his childhood between Britain, Malaysia and Hong Kong. After a very brief period in the British Army, he served as a British diplomat in Indonesia, the Balkans and Iraq, establishing and running a charity in Afghanistan, and holding a chair at Harvard University. He has also been a UK environment minister, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Minister of State for Justice and Secretary of State for International Development. His 21-month 6,000-mile walk across Asia, including Afghanistan, is recorded in his New York Times bestseller The Places in Between. His other books include Occupational Hazards, The Marches, and Politics on the Edge, which was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. Stewart is now the Brady-Johnson Professor of the Practice of Grand Strategy at Yale University's Jackson School of Global Affairs, and the co-host, with Alastair Campbell, of the UK's leading podcast The Rest Is Politics.
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