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Northumbria was one of the great kingdoms of Britain in the Dark Ages, enduring longer than the Roman Empire. Yet it has been all but forgotten. This book puts

The North East is probably England's most distinctive region. A place of strong character with a very special sense of its past, it is, as William Hutchinson re

WINNER OF THE FRANK WATSON BOOK PRIZE 2021. SHORTLISTED IN SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2021 The first full-scale, interdisciplinary treatment of the wide-ra

Is North East England really a coherent and self-conscious region? The essays collected here address this topical issue, from the middle ages to the present day