Walter Scott Prize for best historic fiction 2022 - Winner announced
The announcement was made on stage at the Borders Book Festival by the Duke of Buccleuch earlier tonight.
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The announcement was made on stage at the Borders Book Festival by the Duke of Buccleuch earlier tonight.
The announcement was made on stage at the Borders Book Festival by the Duke of Buccleuch earlier tonight.
The safe house near the Ukrainian border served as a transit point for volunteers coming to Poland, heading into Ukraine.
Few people are familiar with the full history that shaped and preserved the fish and wildlife of coastal South Carolina. From Native Americans to the early colonists to plantation owners and their slaves to market hunters and commercial fishermen, all viewed fish and wildlife as limitless. Through time, however, overharvesting led to population declines, and the public demanded conservation. The process that produced fish and game laws, wardens and wildlife refuges was complex and often involved conflict, but synergy and cooperation ultimately produced one of the most extensive conservation sy...
Why do you go there? Because it's about as far away as you can get without falling off the edge. How often do you go? Not nearly often enough. The last time I was there must have been 2007. That was also the last extended family holiday before my parents died in 2008. Growing up, I'd go there every year – it was the highlight of our annual summer holiday. How did you discover it? My distant relatives farmed the land, and my father used to go there as a boy. Despite growing up on a farm in Easter Ross himself, he ended up for a time working in the City of London, and I grew up in North...