num_pages: 188
description: This collection of poems rooted in the wild and beautiful lands that lie between England and Scotland describes a traditionally lawless area whose inhabitants owed allegiance first to kin and laird and then to the authorities in London or Edinburgh. Recording a violent, clannish world of fierce hatreds and passionate loyalties, the ballads tell vivid tales of raids, feuds and betrayals, romances and acts of revenge.
language: English
title: Border Ballads: A Selection
titlecomplete: Border Ballads: A Selection (Fyfield Books)
genres: Reference, Music, Poetry
ratings_count: 14
places: The Borders, Scotland
publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd.