Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall

Built in AD 122 by the emperor Hadrian to establish a defensible northern boundary to the Roman Empire at the apogee of its power, Hadrian’s Wall runs 73 miles across the Tyne-Solway isthmus—the narrowest part of England—from Newcastle upon Tyne to Solway Firth.

In Hadrian’s Wall, Derry Brabbs, one of England’s finest heritage and landscape photographers, takes us on a visual tour of this most important Roman monument in Britain, starting on the Solway coast and traveling east along the length of the wall to Wallsend.

Though not really a guide book, Hadrian’s Wall is a gorgeous pictorial travelogue of a journey along the great stone ruin—built generally six-and-a-half to nearly ten feet wide and nearly ten to twenty feet high—as it snakes its way across the English countryside. It also includes photographs of other places of interest, including the many churches, farms, and manor houses that were built over the centuries from stone taken from the wall.

Ultimately, as this splendid volume follows the Wall through the bleak hills and wide expanses of Northumberland, it beautifully captures both the stark beauty of the English landscape and the crumbled majesty of an ancient empire.

Hardcover: 128 pages

Publisher: Frances Lincoln ( January 02, 2009 )

Item #: 13-3542

ISBN: 9780711228573

Product Dimensions: 9.875 x 10.5 x 0.0 inches

Product Weight: 33.0 ounces