Alistair Moffat is an award winning writer, historian and former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Director of Programmes at Scottish Television. Moffat was educated at the University of St Andrews, graduating in 1972 with a degree in Medieval History. He is the founder of the Borders Book Festival and Co-Chairman of The Great Tapestry of Scotland.
Books
To the Island of Tides
A Journey to Lindisfarne
2019
Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms
1999
Tuscany
A History
2009
Between Britain
Walking the History of England and Scotland
2024
The Hidden Ways
Scotland's Forgotten Roads
2017
The Faded Map
Lost Kingdoms of Scotland
2010
In Search of Angels
Travels to the Edge of the World
2020
The Borders
A History of the Borders from Earliest Times
2002
Tyneside
A History of Newcastle and Gateshead from Earliest Times
2005
The Wall
Rome's Greatest Frontier
2009
Scotland
A History from Earliest Times
2015
The Reivers
The Story of the Border Reivers
2011
Britain's DNA Journey
Our Remarkable Genetic Story
2019
The Highland Clans
2010
Britain
A Genetic Journey
2013
The Secret History of Here
A Year in the Valley
2020
Before Scotland
A Prehistory
2005
The Sea Kingdoms
The History of Celtic Britain and Ireland
2001
The Scots
A Genetic Journey
1712
Britain's Last Frontier
A Journey Along the Highland Line
2012
Scotland's Forgotten Past
A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood
2023
Bannockburn
The Battle for a Nation
2014
