The Road

by Christopher Hadley

£20.00

History

Hardback

9780008356699

Published by HarperCollins Publishers

Published January 2023

Books > History

A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past

Have 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 booty, mineral wealth, land and tribute, they left behind a vast road network, linking marching camps and forts, changing the landscape, etching the story of the Roman advance into the face of the land, channelling our lives today.

The Shortest History of Italy by Dr Ross King | 9781913083953

The Shortest History of Italy

Dr Ross King

£9.99

Autocracy, Inc: by Anne Applebaum | 9781802062120

Autocracy, Inc:

Anne Applebaum

£10.99

The History of England by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian by Jane Austen | 9780241747308

The History of England by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian

Jane Austen

£5.99

The Siege by Ben Macintyre | 9781405961745

The Siege

Ben Macintyre

£10.99

A Suspicion of Spies by Tim Spicer | 9781999589158

A Suspicion of Spies

Tim Spicer

£10.99

The Lost Paths by Jack Cornish | 9781405951296

The Lost Paths

Jack Cornish

£10.99