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First published by Particular Books 2016
First published in Penguin Books 2018
Copyright © Graham Robb, 2016
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Maps and illustrations by Neil Gower
Book design by Richard Marston
Set in Quadraat and Quadraat Sans
Cover illustration: Neil Gower
ISBN: 978-1-846-14874-3
Prologue
Regions
Superlatives
The Catalogue
Introduction
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
References
Glossary
Acknowledgements
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Dedicated to the first person to cross all 2002 cols of the British Isles (without the aid of a car).