For three centuries the country between England and Scotland lived by raid and reprisal. Borland traces the hostility back to Edward I’s invasions and the sacking of Berwick, then describes the battle of Otterburn between Hotspur and Douglas, the poverty that bred the reiving clans, the forays themselves, and the Wardens of the Marches who tried to keep order through days of truce.
A readable history of the Border reivers, the world behind the great Border ballads. Download the free EPUB.