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 and which bisects and feeds the North East economy. In this 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 a road, and all the communities and memories it passes through.
Chaired by Matthew Kelly
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“A wonderful, epic braiding of history, geography and personal memoir.” – James Rebanks, author of English Pastoral
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