Alistair Moffat

A charming, lively and often amusing tour of 36 forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of Scottish history. Scotland’s history is full o

A walking tour of the border region where England and Scotland meet by the award-winning Scottish writer, meditating on the conflict and union of thei

A story of the border: a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. This is also the story of an ancient place; where hunter-ga

Acclaimed historian Alistair Moffat sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans. In twelve journeys he explores places of conflict, recreating as

Join Alistair Moffat in this concise and colourful account of Edinburgh, one of the UK’s top tourist destinations with 4 million visitors annually. Th

What is it that makes this exquisite part of Italy so seductive? Historian Alistair Moffat embarks on a journey into Tuscany’s past, underlining both

Hadrian's Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monument in Britain. In this book, based on literary and hist

This journey to Lindisfarne is a meditation on the power of place, from the historian and award-winning author of The Hidden Ways

A powerful, surprising exploration of Scotland's landscape and its hidden history

A pioneering look at early Scotland that transforms prehistory into gripping narrative history. The story of the land that became Scotland is one of

A whirlwind tour of Scotland as it existed two thousand years ago. Moffat provides insight into old-Welsh speaking Celtic societies, defies the modern

Only one period in history is immediately linked to the whole area of the Scottish and English Border country, and that is the time of the Reivers. Wh

As Hawick celebrates the 500th anniversary of the fight at Hornshole, the first stirrings of the defining traditions of the common riding, Alistair Mo

From the Ice Age to the Scottish Referendum, historian and author Alistair Moffat explores the history of the Scottish nation. As well as focusing on

Fourteen centuries ago, Irish saints brought the Word of God to the Hebrides and Scotland’s Atlantic shore. In this book, Alistair Moffat journeys fro

Acclaimed historian Alistair Moffat sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans. In twelve journeys he explores places of conflict, recreating as

A charming, lively and often amusing tour of 36 forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of Scottish history. While Scotland’s history can

The Secret History of Here is the story of a single place in the Scottish Borders. The site on which Alistair Moffat's farm now stands has been occupi

The Night Before Morning is a gripping, page-turning thriller based on an alternative version of events at the end of the Second World War in the vein

This book tells the story of this unique undertaking - one of the biggest community arts projects ever to take place in Scotland - and reproduces in f