Stretching from the Solway Firth to the estuary of the River Tyne, Hadrian's Wall runs for 74 miles through some of the most scenic landscape in Britain. This account describes Hadrian the man and the construction of the wall, and takes the reader on a tour of the wall, concluding with an examination of the soldiers' way of life.
Stretching from the Solway Firth to the estuary of the River Tyne, Hadrian's Wall runs for 74 miles through some of the most scenic landscape in Brita...