Riding By Moonlight

Reiving Tales from Carlisle and the West March Retold.

The Border Ballads tells of a time when the Debateable Lands between England and Scotland were a law onto themselves.

Julia Hickey retells a selection of these violent and romantic tales from Carlisle and the West March. She includes many lesser known tales as well as classics such as Johnnie Armstrong’s Last Goodnight, Hanging Hobbie, Graeme and Bewick, Jock of the Side, Young Lochinvar and Kinmont Willie.