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Britain Alistair Moffat

Britain By Alistair Moffat

Britain by Alistair Moffat


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Based on exciting new research involving the most wide-ranging sampling of DNA ever made in Britain, Alistair Moffat, author of the bestselling 'The Scots: A Genetic Journey', shows how all of us who live on these islands are immigrants.

Britain Summary

Britain: A Genetic Journey by Alistair Moffat

Hidden inside all of us - every human being on Earth - is the story of our ancestry. Printed on our DNA are the origins of our lineages, the time in history and prehistory when they arose, and the epic journeys people have made across the globe. Based on exciting new research involving the most wide-ranging sampling of DNA ever made in Britain, Alistair Moffat, author of the bestselling The Scots: A Genetic Journey, shows how all of us who live on these islands are immigrants. The last ice age erased any trace of more ancient inhabitants, and the ancestors of everyone who now lives in Britain came here after the glaciers retreated and the land greened once more. In an epic narrative, sometimes moving, sometimes astonishing, always revealing, Moffat writes an entirely new history of Britain. Instead of the usual parade of the usual suspects - kings, queens, saints, warriors and the notorious - this is a people's history, a narrative made from stories only DNA can tell which offers insights into who we are and where we come from.

Britain Reviews

'[O]ne of those books that are just about impossible to put down' - Sunday Express


'[A] new and revolutionary book, based on exciting new research [ - ] a unique people's history'

* Discover Your History *

'Moffat has always been a magpie historian, picking up unsuspected jewels of information, at the same time never afraid to speculate, often in an agreeably provocative manner'

-- Alan Massie * Scotsman *

'an engaging, beautifully-told people's history of Britain that will change your thinking about your family's origins forever'

* Family Tree magazine *

'a fascinating subject ... Historian, journalist and DNA research company director makes for an excellent guide'

* Your Family Tree *

About Alistair Moffat

Alistair Moffat was born and bred in the Scottish Borders. A former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Director of Programmes at Scottish Television, he now runs the burgeoning Borders Book Festival as well as a production company based near Selkirk.

Additional information

GOR007200771
9781780270753
1780270755
Britain: A Genetic Journey by Alistair Moffat
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Birlinn General
20131107
272
N/A
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Customer Reviews - Britain