This is the world of Arthur and Urien; of the Picts and Britons and Saxon migration; of magic and war,myth and miracle.
In Lost Realms Thomas Williams uncovers the forgotten origins and untimely demise of Britain's ancient kingdoms: lands that hover in the twilight between history and fable,whose stories hum with gods and miracles,with giants and battles and ruin. Why did some realms - like Wessex,Northumbria and Gwynedd - prosper while others fell And how did their communities adapt to the catastrophic changes of their age
Drawing on Britain's ancient landscape and bringing together new archaeological revelations with the few precious fragments of surviving written sources,Williams spectacularly rebuilds a lost past.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008171988Number of pages: 432Weight: 380 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 33 mm
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Praise for Lost Realms:
'Sceptical,scrupulous,written with wit and flair.'- The Financial Times
'This brilliant history of Dark Age Britain mixes serious scholarship with nods to pop culture,from Tolkien to The Wicker Man... Lost Realms is a joy to read.'- The Telegraph
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