General & Miscellaneous Irish History, Great Britain - History - To 1066, General Ancient History, General & Miscellaneous Medieval History
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Overview
This book, a companion volume to the BBC2 television series, aims to trace the origin, growth, flowering and eventual decline of the Celts, a people who are traditionally portrayed as wild, excitable, warlike, ferocious and uncivilized.Despite their numerical smallness the author contends that they made a major contribution to Western civilization. The author originated the Radio 4 programme "Bookshelf" and the Frank Delaney series on BBC television. His previous books are "James Joyce's Odyssey" and "Betjeman Country".
Book Details
Published
October 1, 1987
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
Pages
240
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780316179935