The Steel Bonnets

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The Steel Bonnets

Regular price RM9.53 MYR Now RM7.46 MYR Save 22% more
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ISBN: 9780002727464
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM91.35 MYR
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date of Publication: 1995-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History
Related Topics: European History, Historical, War
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"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. 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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