Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain - Hardcover

Higgins, Charlotte

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1468310895 ISBN 13: 9781468310894

Publisher: Overlook Pr, 2015

Synopsis

Sometimes on foot, sometimes in a magnificent, if not entirely reliable, VW camper van, Charlotte Higgins sets out to explore the ancient monuments of Roman Britain. She explores the land that was once Rome's northernmost territory and how it has changed since the years after the empire fell. Under Another Sky invites us to see the British landscape, and British history, in an entirely fresh way: as indelibly marked by how the Romans first imagined and wrote, these strange and exotic islands, perched on the edge of the known world, into existence.

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Review:

A delightful, deeply informed recounting of her journeys across Britain in search of its ancient Roman past. A thoroughly researched, elegantly written history.

[Higgin's] analyses are often supplemented by excellent diversions covering a variety of topics, including thehistoriography of Roman Britain, the ethic makeup of Roman legions, and the depth of Christianpenetration into the British population. Historians will continue to debate the Roman influence, but Higgins makes a convincing argument that Britain would be a very different place without that influence.

Between visits to famous places like Bath, York and Hadrian's Wall, Higgins pays lots of attention not just to the original purpose behind the leavings of this vanished empire but to the musing of the archaeologists who spent their careers digging up its shards . . . readers will glean some revelations.

Under Another Sky weaves Britain's history and contemporary landscape together into a complex and fascinating account that is part travelogue, part history and wholly charming.

About the Author:

CHARLOTTE HIGGINS studied Classics at Balliol College, Oxford. She is the chief arts writer for "The Guardian."

About this edition

• Publisher: Overlook Pr
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1468310895
• ISBN 13: 9781468310894
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 282