{"product_id":"the-road-9780008356729","title":"The Road","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARAn absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year' Sunday TelegraphOn nearly every page a random passage takes one's breath away' The TimesHave you ever heard the march of legions on a lonely country road? For two thousand years, the roads the Romans built have determined the flow of ideas and folktales, where battles were fought and where pilgrims trod. Almost everyone in Britain lives close to a Roman road, if only we knew where to look.In the beginning was Watling Street, the first road scored on the land when the invading Romans arrived on a cold and alien Kentish shore in 43 CE. Campaign roads rolled out to all points of the compass, forcing their way inland and as the Britons fell back, the roads pursued them relentlessly, carrying troops, supplies and military despatches. In the years of fighting that followed, as the legions pushed onwards across what is now England, into Wales and north into Scotland in search of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eTIMES \u003c\/em\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘There’s something beguilingly mysterious about these ancient roads . . . When searching for his road, Hadley makes full use of his senses. . . the breadth of his knowledge . . . the beauty of his prose. This book deserves to be read at least twice, first to appreciate what it reveals and then to luxuriate in its effervescent voice. On nearly every page a random passage takes one’s breath away’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e, Gerard DeGroot\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Magnificent . . . exciting . . . This is no dry and prosaic history, but a work of imagination and a deeply literary book… wonderful prose . . . striking images and lapidary sentences… enthralling. It’s an absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, Harry Sidebottom\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘In this magnificent book. . . Hadley takes us down a different way, looking through a gentler window on that road's long lost days. He reveals \u003cem\u003eThe Road's\u003c\/em\u003e own intimate knowledge of the land it knew and the folk it's known, turning the tables on what we think we're reading; because \u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e is not really about \u003cem\u003eit\u003c\/em\u003e, it's about us’ \u003cstrong\u003eMythical Britain, Michael Smith author of \u003cem\u003eKing Arthur's Death\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Loving \u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e, [it’s] about a Roman road but also a rumination on the past and our relationship with it. [An] excellent companion piece to his previous book about a dragon slayer’s tomb. The pair offer a whole new and very exciting model for how to do local history. Highly recommend’ \u003cstrong\u003eDr Kelcey Wilson-Lee author of \u003cem\u003eDaughters of Chivalry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Ingeniously constructed…scholarly…wears its learning lightly… is engagingly written…and always a pleasure to read’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘The book offers a wealth of historical knowledge in a fashion which is entertaining and readable… combines scholarly depth with wonderfully lyrical depictions of the English landscape’\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48066807693655,"sku":"9780008356729","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780008356729.jpg?v=1713211563","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-road-9780008356729","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}