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The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past

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The joy of this book though is not simply to be found in how Hadley attempts to reconstruct the Roman past from trenches and ceramic shards buried in the landscape. Great book, engaging, thought provoking, interesting, informative and poetic - a connection with the past at a time when we need to remember that the past is still with us.

Temporary campaign roads followed, rolling out west towards Rochester and the first major battle at the Medway.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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Christopher Hadley is a journalist and author writing at the murky, wonderful intersection of history and folklore. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Much like a road itself - there are some interesting bits and then there are some bits where you’re just chugging along and the scenery is pretty pleasant but it’s scrolling past as you go on your way. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. His pieces have appeared in The Independent , The Guardian , The Times , London Review of Books , Esquire and his local parish magazine, among many other publications. It’s a meandering journey, journal, essay, something, written with that very specific British wanky-ness that some people just love.

For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. Erudite and fascinating insight into the expertise and experience needed to draw conclusions from sometimes meagre or partial evidence left on (under) the ground of that incredible and useful legacy of Roman occupation, the straight(ish) road.

As the Britons fell back to the Thames, the road pursued them to the river’s edge, carrying troops, supplies and military despatches.Any shared joy I can glean - such as over the use of delightful antiquated words that are doubly delightful for their utter uselessness - feels somewhat unclean. Nowadays a long straight road is considered boring and dangerous to drive along - we prefer curves to keep us awake - but the excitement of realising we are sometimes travelling a road initially constructed 2,000 years ago along our exact path helps connect us to the generations who have undertaken the same route, marching, riding, droving, walking (or driving) for two millennia. Whilst a portion of Hadley’s road appears at start of each new section, a fold out version which showed the entire road in a broader situational context would have been useful. A touchstone into one of the most fascinating periods in British and European history that still has resonance today.

Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.He explains how roads initially built by the Romans for military and strategic purposes became economic highways for spreading trade, especially in pottery, and ideas. Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here. Readers who take the time to be patient with Hadley's poetical lyrical style of writing should enjoy meandering with him down the Road. Hadley's writing moves seemingly randomly from descriptions of hedgerows, to parish history and into archaeological analysis and then back again. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit.

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