Celtic Revolution: In Search of 2000 Forgotten Years That Changed Our World - Hardcover

Young, Simon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1906142432 ISBN 13: 9781906142438

Publisher: Gibson Square Books Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

We think of the Greeks and Romans as crucially important to the modern world, while we romantically see the Celts as a people living on the fringes in Ireland, Wales, Cornwall Scotland and France, faced with extinction. In this extraordinary new book, acclaimed historian Simon Young overhauls that preconception. "The Celtic Revolution" shows how the Celtic Empire ruled the world from Spain to Egypt for two thousand years in a way that drew the blue print for today's Europe. As modern life is inconceivable without their achievements, Simon Young's masterly book will enthrall the readers who enjoy the works of Norman Davies and Andrew Marr.

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About the Author

Simon Young was awarded a starred First in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic from Cambridge University, as well as the Chadwick Prize for Celtic studies. Since then he has lived in Spain and Italy, among other countries, in order to uncover the Celtic presence in countries not traditionally seen as Celtic. He is currently teaching at the University of Florence. The author of many academic articles and besteller AD 500 9780753819463, he has written for the Daily Telegraph, History Today, the Spectator, and the Guardian.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gibson Square Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906142432
• ISBN 13: 9781906142438
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320