The Borders by Alistair Moffat

No narrative history of the Borders has been published since the 19th century, and this book tells a long awaited story of a unique place... a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. It is the story of England and Scotland, told up close and personal; the story of Celtic warlords, Romans, Border Reivers, Walter Scott... a tale told in blood, fun and granite-hard memory.