The North Road

Rob Cowen

The A1. The Great North Road. A 400-mile multiplicity of ancient trackway, Roman road, pilgrim path, coach route and motorway that has run like a backbone through Britain for the last 2,000 years. In this genre-defying and profoundly personal book, Cowen follows this ghost road from beginning to end on a journey through history, place, people and time. Weaving his own histories and memories with the layered landscapes he moves through, this is the story of an age, of coming to terms with time past and time passing, and the roads that lead us to where we find ourselves.

Author(s): Cowen, Rob
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 17/04/2025
Pagination: 416 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Hutchinson Heinemann
Published By: Hutchinson Heinemann
Book Classification: Memoirs|Social & cultural history|Historical geography|Travel writing|European history|Transport: general interest|Nature & the natural world: general interest
Dimensions: 240x157x37
Weight: 648
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781529152432