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Border Raids and Reivers
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May 30, 2013
Given that this book was published in 1910, it stands the test of time fairly well. A fairly short, concise history of a very interesting, complex period. Borland tries to portray the amusing side of the Border Reivers, but whilst he succeeds in providing numerous anecdotes and quirky stories which amuse, I feel the book lacks depth and he never really more than scrapes the surface of the topic at hand. He also portrays an unfortunate bias to the Scottish Reivers throughout the book, portraying them as deeply patriotic, which simply wasn't the case. National loyalties barely figured in the mindset of the Border Reiving families, who were far more concerned with putting their own interests first.
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