The North Road, Rob Cowen

The North Road, Rob CowenNew Paperback At the heart of this book is a highway. The A1; The Great North Road. A 400 mile multiplicity of ancient trackway, Roman road, pilgrim path, coach route and motorway that has run like a backbone through Britain for the last 2,000 years. In this genre defying and profoundly personal book, Cowen follows this ghost road from beginning to end on a journey through history, place, people and time. Weaving his own histories and memories with

Embellished with images from John Evelyn's classic Sylva (1664)

follow wild foreshores and remote coast paths

and Stellahonoring their late wife and mother

provided guidance in hard times and driven progress in good

from red mason bees and house sparrows to hedgehogs and dragonflies

Forgotten Vikings will change the way you see these often misunderstood people

whose books of prophecies have been reprinted countless times since the Middle Ages and are still in print today

Kirk Yetholm from 1968 to 1986

it meanders

The perfect challenge for literature lovers – or anyone who enjoys a good jigsaw

An old soldier carves a croft out of the Finnish forest and calls it home

Alysia Vasey's earliest memories are of walking alongside her grandfather as they explored the West Yorkshire moors that they called home