From News and Star
Tom, a Lancastrian, who now lives in Walton near Brampton, was also aided in his travels by Dougie Harkness of Langholm as they scoured the border countryside looking for Reiver sites.
Tom estimates he has visited more than 600 sites related to the period when the lawless clans on both sides of the border, particularly in the 16th century, stole, burned and murdered each other.
It took Tom, a textile technologist who works in Carlisle, two years to write the book and another two to get it published.
Part fact, part fiction and interspersed with photos and drawings, the book goes deep into the hearts of the men who colluded with whoever would bring them the most benefit at any one time, whether English or Scottish.
He describes Kinmont Willie's capture and rescue,
Copies are available at The Paper Shop in Langholm, £16.99, or contact tommoss@rosecottagepublications.com
