A history of ancient Britain

373 pages

English language

Published Nov. 19, 2011 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

ISBN:
978-0-297-86332-8
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OCLC Number:
743277938

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Who were the first Britons, and what sort of world did they occupy? In A HISTORY OF ANCIENT BRITAIN Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the very beginnings of the story of Britain; on the first people to occupy these islands and their battle for survival. There has been human habitation in Britain, regularly interrupted by Ice Ages, for the best part of a million years. The last retreat of the glaciers 12,000 years ago brought a new and warmer age and with it, one of the greatest tsunamis recorded on Earth which struck the north-east of Britain, devastating the population and flooding the low-lying plains of what is now the North Sea. The resulting island became, in time, home to a diverse range of cultures and peoples who have left behind them some of the most extraordinary and enigmatic monuments in the world. Through what is revealed by the …

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Subjects

  • Great Britain - Antiquities
  • Great Britain - History - To 55 B.C.
  • Antiquities
  • History

Places

  • Great Britain
  • Großbritannien
  • To 55 B.C.