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The story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers.

A history of the border wars fought between Scotland and England from ancient times until the Act of Union that united the two countries in the 18th century. Fraser takes pains to rebuff many of the romantic myths that have grown around the subject through the years, emphasizing the brutality of the border raids and the cowardly and distinctly unheroic nature of the raiders themselves.

Carefully researched and documented, it is written in Fraser's characteristically rich style, which is perfectly suited to the adventurous nature of the events it relates.