{"product_id":"the-steel-bonnets-the-story-of-the-anglo-scottish-border-reivers-9781632204561","title":"The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers","description":"\u003cb\u003eA remarkably successful book on a fascinating subject, well organized and well written. --Time's Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, outlaws reigned supreme on the contentious frontier between England and Scotland. Feud and terror, raid and reprisal were the ordinary stuff of life--and a way of survival. Power was held by the notorious border reivers (the \"steel bonnets,\" named for their flashy helmets), clan-loyal raiders, freebooters, plunderers, and rustlers who robbed and murdered in the name of family: the famous clans--like Elliot, Armstrong, Charlton, and Robson--romanticized by Sir Walter Scott. They were the last opponents to the Acts of Union of 1707, and fought fiercely and fancifully to the end. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Steel Bonnets\u003c\/i\u003e, George MacDonald Fraser, author of the bestselling Flashman novels and himself a borderer, takes us back through three centuries of conflict, telling the fascinating and bloody story of the reivers. He relates their rise to power as ferocious soldiers on horseback, their important roles in the battles at Flodden and Solway Moss, and their surprisingly sudden fall from grace. \u003ci\u003eThe Steel Bonnets\u003c\/i\u003e is a superb work of serious history and scholarship that is as irresistibly compelling as any novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSkyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632204561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.30d","brand":"George MacDonald Fraser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124472840373,"sku":"9781632204561","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_851e22e3-21e7-444c-86c7-25960ba2c9c3.jpg?v=1694552775","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-steel-bonnets-the-story-of-the-anglo-scottish-border-reivers-9781632204561","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}