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Alistair Moffat
Alistair Moffat: Assassins and Secret Listeners
Historian, writer and former director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Alistair Moffat, tells the half-forgotten stories of ordinary men and women here in Kent and around the UK who found their own ways to fight against the Nazis from home.
From listening to coded messages and booby trapping Charlton Park in the event of an invasion, to joining auxiliary units that were poised to undertake suicidal missions and assassinations, he shares stories of immense bravery and finally pays these heroes their due.
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The North Sea: Along the Edge of Britain (Signed Copy)
£18.00 £20.00
Renowned historian Alistair Moffat traces the windswept story of the North Sea throughout British history and examines how it has shaped who we are and how we see ourselves
Assassins and Secret Listeners: Britain's Invisible Armies, 1939-45
£18.00 £20.00
This is one of the great untold stories of heroism during the Second World War. In Assassins and Secret Listeners Alistair Moffat tells the half-forgotten stories of immense bravery by thousands of ordinary men and women. Sworn to secrecy, their heroic work has long been overlooked, yet it played a crucial part in the Allied victory in 1945.
Before Scotland: A Prehistory
£13.49 £14.99
Between Britain: Walking the History of England and Scotland
£9.89 £10.99
A walking tour of the border region where England and Scotland meet by the award-winning writer, meditating on a complicated, storied relationship through history
Edinburgh: A New History
£8.99 £9.99
Join Alistair Moffat in this concise and colourful account of Edinburgh, one of the UK's top tourist destinations with 4 million visitors annually. This book is published to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the Founding of the City of Edinburgh.
Glasgow: A New History
£13.49 £14.99
Scotland's largest city has always been one of the most vibrant, varied and fascinating places in the country. Published to coincide with the year-long celebrations of Glasgow 850 in 2025, bestselling historian Alistair Moffat delivers a concise and readable history, packed with fact and anecdote, telling the story of the city and its people.
Islands of the Evening: Journeys to the Edge of the World
£9.89 £10.99
Fourteen centuries ago, Irish saints brought the Word of God to the Hebrides and Scotland's Atlantic shore. In this book, Alistair Moffat journeys from the island of Eileach an Naoimh at the mouth of the Firth of Lorne to Lismore, Iona and then north to Applecross, searching for traces of these extraordinary men.
Scotland: A History from Earliest Times (Signed Copy)
£15.29 £16.99
From the Ice Age to the Scottish Referendum, historian and author Alistair Moffat explores the history of the Scottish nation. As well as focusing on key moments in the nation's history such as the Battle of Bannockburn and the Jacobite Risings, Moffat also features other episodes in history that are perhaps less well documented.
The Borders: A History of the Borders from Earliest Times
£13.49 £14.99
A story of the border: a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. This is also the story of an ancient place; where hunter-gatherers penetrated into the virgin interior, where Celtic warlords ruled, the Romans came but could not conquer, and where the glittering kingdom of Northumbria thrived.
The Great Tapestry of Scotland: The Making of a Masterpiece
£8.99 £9.99
This book tells the story of this unique undertaking - one of the biggest community arts projects ever to take place in Scotland - and reproduces in full colour a selection of the panels from the completed tapestry, together with descriptive and explanatory material
The Hidden Ways: Scotland's Forgotten Roads
£9.89 £10.99
A powerful, surprising exploration of Scotland's landscape and its hidden history
The Highland Clans
£8.99 £9.99
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland: A New History
£13.49 £14.99
In rich and telling detail, Alistair Moffat relates the remarkable story of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The north is being renewed, the land is coming alive once more and this unique story ends on an upbeat note as the Highlands and Islands of Scotland look forward to a future of possibilities.
The Reivers: Raiders of the Borderlands
£11.69 £12.99
Only one period in history is immediately linked to the whole area of the Scottish and English Border country, and that is the time of the Reivers. Whenever anyone mentions Reiver, no-one hesitates to add Border. This book tells the tale of a land that was a no-man's-land but a land over which blood was shed on both sides of an invisible border.
The Secret History of Here: A Year in the Valley
£9.89 £10.99
A personal investigation into the history that surrounds us, from the historian and award-winning author of The Hidden Ways
The Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier
£11.69 £12.99
Hadrian's Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monument in Britain. In this book, based on literary and historical sources as well as the latest archaeological research, Alistair Moffat considers who built the Wall, how it was built, why it was built and how it affected the native peoples.
To the Island of Tides: A Journey to Lindisfarne
£9.89 £10.99
This journey to Lindisfarne is a meditation on the power of place, from the historian and award-winning author of The Hidden Ways
War Paths: Walking in the Shadows of the Clans
£9.89 £10.99
Acclaimed historian Alistair Moffat sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans. In twelve journeys he explores places of conflict, recreating as he walks the tumult of battle. This is a unique exploration of many of the places and events which define a country's history.
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