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A Walk Along The Wall (Paperback)

by Hunter Davies (Author)
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  • Paperback: 302 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; New ed of 3 Revised ed edition (4 May 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752836897
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752836898
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 472,049 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Hadrian's Wall stretches 73 miles along the neck of England and about ten miles are now left. In this personal account, the author, who grew up at one end of the wall, gives readers a taste of what human life was and is like along this stretch of northern Britain.

About the Author
Hunter Davies is the author of over thirty books which include such modern classics as the authorised biography of The Beatles, The Glory Game and A Walk Around the Lakes. He has written several other walking books and also a travel biography of Christopher Columbus which took him to the West Indies and the Americas. He is also well known as a broadcaster and journalist and writes for the Independent, Sunday Times, Daily Mail and New Statesman. He is married to the novelist and biographer Margaret Forster.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good mixture of history and travel-writing, 24 Aug 2000
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This book is a good mixture of a well-told history of Hadrian's Wall and a contemporary walk along remains of the Wall. The history sections are particularly good: unlike most writing about Roman history, this is accessible and lightly written so that really comes alive. These sections would stand well on their own, but they also merge well with the sections about the author's walk along the wall. These parts are entertaining and interesting, however, the fact that he did the walk in several sections splits up the narrative disconcertingly in places. The book was written thirty years ago, and some parts have dated badly. However, there is a useful (and up-to-date) appendix giving information on how and where to see the Wall today.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars History and gossip - a winning formula, 24 Sep 2006
By Andrew Walker "andrewwalker66" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This book describes the author's experiences in walking Hadrian's Wall from Newcastle to Bowness, to the west of Carlisle. You don't need to know anything about the Romans to enjoy this book - a particular strength of the writing is in putting historical and archaeological research in terms any reader can understand. For example, he explains that the best remains of the Wall are now in the centre of the country because so much of it has been pulled down to be used in other buildings. Some stretches of it were cleared to be used as the first proper east-west road in the area: the wall foundations unfortunately made ideal road foundations as well!

Only about half the book is actually about the Romans: a better title might have been "A Walk Through Hadrian's Wall Country" as the author recounts stories about people he meets on route. In fact, he seems more interested in human nature than in the Wall at some points as he recounts being questioned by one B&B owner about how much another is charging, or in revealing rivalries within the archaeological community, or the different layers within Northumberland aristocracy.

If all this sounds very dull, don't worry: it is all handled with a light touch and actually makes the area more interesting because a particular theme is how the local people relate to the Wall, whether they think it is a blessing or a curse, what they know about it, and so on. It's also important because for about 20-25 miles on either end of the Wall there isn't a whole lot to see because so much stone has been taken away for other buildings: if it were purely about the Wall, this book would be about half the length.

Another of the book's charms for the reader of today is that it was written in 1974. On one level this is quite frustrating when you don't know how an excavation that was just starting will finish up or how a local dispute was settled. On the other hand it is (like the archaeology) another level of history: the modern reader is finding out about the 1970s as well as Roman times. This extends from the very fledgling tourist industry of the time to the local gentry (mainly ex-majors in the Guards in the war - the second world war that is), through finds when the M6 was being built and even shipyards in Wallsend. And, of course, there are the comical prices of things - when the author wants admittance to a farmyard to see a fragment of Wall he is charged 5 pence! And in the Appendix he lists accommodation and say if you want to spoil yourself you could spend £9 at a Newcastle hotel, but on the Wall itself you are likely to spend 60 pence a night at a youth hostel!

I'd love to read Davies' update but with Davies helping Wayne Rooney with his "autobiography" I suspect he publisher would give the job to one of the numerous unfunny "comedy" travel writers. Maybe soem things are best left as they were, just like the Wall!

To try to summarise I don't think this book would make a good companion as you were walking the Wall: there aren't enough maps and there is no index. It's ideal if you are thinking about walking the Wall or just interested but don't want to read a historical book.
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