Hadrian's Wall

By Derry Brabbs


Hadrian's Wall
Online price: £14.99
Hardback, 128 pages
Published: 10th July 2008

Category: History, Travel


Hadrian's Wall has been designated a World Heritage Site since 1987 and in 2005 was also incorporated into a wider UNESCO category - the Frontiers of the Roman Empire.
It is also the basis for an 84 mile National Trail.

The book will cover not only the full length of Hadrian's Wall from the Solway Firth to Wallsend on Tyneside, but also other places of historical, landscape or architectural merit to the north and south of the actual Wall itself.

Chapter One Background and History
Chapter Two The Solway Coast
Chapter Three Carlisle to Birdoswald
Chapter Four Birdoswald to Cawfields
Chapter Five Cawfields to Housesteads
Chapter Six Housesteads to Chesters
Chapter Seven Living History
Chapter Eight Chesters to Heddon-on-the-Wall
Chapter Nine Heddon to Wallsend
Chapter Ten Archeology and Conservation

Renowned photographer Derry Brabbs followed and shot the wall, producing one of the year's most beautiful illustrated books. - Waterstone's Books Quarterly

Hadrian's Wall…is one of the world's most evocative monuments. These pictures communicate something of its special presence. - Cumberland News

Travelling the length and breadth of the route a number of times, Brabbs has produced a stunning photographic essay of the wall in all seasons which would make anyone with even half a soul reach for their walking boots and rucksack immediately. - Daily Mail

A delightful lightweight hardback coffee-table book about the famous wall, filled with evocative colour plates. - Spectator

This is a perfect book for tourists and backpacking photographers looking to traverse the ruins. - Amateur Photographer

This book is lavishly illustrated by a stunning portfolio of atmospheric pictures by the author Derry Brabbs. Anyone with the faintest interest in the wall will be captivated by the images and sucked into reading about its history and the places it passes through. A perfect taster for anyone wishing to walk its length on the Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail. - Westmorland Gazette



Publication Details:

Binding: Hardback, 128 pages
ISBN: 9780711228573
Format: 267mm x 250mm
150 colour illustrations

BIC Code: AJ, WTH
BISAC Code:  TRV009070
Imprint: Frances Lincoln


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