{"product_id":"9781036135638","title":"Raiders along the Anglo-Scottish Border : A History of those ‘Pacified’ by King James","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Jon Tait\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eNorth \u0026amp; North East England\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 9 February 2026 by Pen \u0026amp; Sword Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 224 pages, 30 mono illustrations\u003cbr\u003e163 x 241 x 27 | 474g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Gomorrah with horses – that’s probably the best way to describe the stories of those inhabiting the heather-clad hills between England and Scotland who were strung up on gallows during the turbulent period of the border reivers and after, when King James I\/VI attempted to ‘Pacify the Border’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe condemned here were cattle rustlers, counterfeiters, burglars, protection racketeers, thieves and murderers who rode in family-based gangs, terrorised the countryside on both sides of the dividing line, and were essentially the mafia of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were executed in places such as Edinburgh, Dumfries, Jedburgh, Hawick, Peebles, Selkirk, Berwick, Morpeth, Alnwick, Newcastle, Hexham and Carlisle in a period marked by conflict between the two great nations where their land became a warzone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone interested in the darker side of the history of the bloodstained border can trace the lineage of those families embroiled in criminal society from the Scottish Wars of Independence right through to the Acts of Union between the countries in 1707.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe March Laws that the border reivers lived under were finally ended in 1603 when King James ascended to the English throne following the death of Queen Elizabeth I – and the ‘pacification’ of the criminal gangs began.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47896471732483,"sku":"9781036135638","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781036135638.jpg?v=1775047091","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781036135638","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}