In this successor to her highly successful Shropshire Ellis Peters takes us on a journey along the borderland of England and Wales, bringing the historical settings of her medieval mysteries vividly to life. Startin gin the south, at Chepstow, and travelling to Chester in the north, Peters reveals the history of the people and places of the Marches, describing their story of claim and counter-claim, Welsh risings and English attacks, siege and defence, captures and burnings. Roy Morgan's colour photogrpahs of the remarkable landscapes and the haunting remains of castles and abbeys wonderfully complement the text. Here are Abergavenny Priory and Tintern Abbey, Arthur's Stone and Llewellyn's Grave, the Usk Valley and the Vale of Llangollen...