The Marches

THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF POLITICS ON THE EDGE Rory Stewart and his father are undertaking their final walk together along the Marches – the frontier that divides Scotland and England. ‘Travel writing at its best’ OBSERVER ‘Profoundly moving’ SPECTATOR On their six-hundred-mile, thirty-day journey, the pair relive Scottish dances, reflect on Burmese honey-bears, and on the loss of human presence in the British landscape. Their odyssey develops into a history of nationhood, an anatomy of the landscape, a chronicle of contemporary Britain and an exuberant encounter between a father and a son. ‘A bewitching book’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘An unforgettable tale’ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ‘Deeply moving, honest and loving’ COUNTRY LIFE GUARDIAN READERS’ BOOK OF THE YEAR OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE HUNTER DAVIES LAKELAND PRIZE Please note: The book cover received may differ from the cover displayed here.