{"product_id":"books-lost-realms-by-thomas-williams","title":"Lost Realms","description":"'A beautiful, beautiful book . . . archaeology is changing so much about the way we view the so-called Dark Ages … [Williams] is just brilliant at bringing them to light' \u003cstrong\u003eRory Stewart on The Rest is Politics\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          From the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eViking Britain\u003c\/em\u003e, a new epic history of our forgotten past.\n          \u003cp\u003eThis is the world of Arthur and Urien; of the Picts and Britons and Saxon migration; of magic and war, myth and miracle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLost Realms\u003c\/em\u003e Thomas Williams uncovers the forgotten origins and untimely demise of Britain’s ancient kingdoms: lands that hover in the twilight between history and fable, whose stories hum with gods and miracles, with giants and battles and ruin. Why did some realms – like Wessex, Northumbria and Gwynedd – prosper while others fell? And how did their communities adapt to the catastrophic changes of their age? Drawing on Britain ’ s ancient landscape and bringing together new archaeological revelations with the few precious fragments of surviving written sources, Williams spectacularly rebuilds a lost past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54420965654801,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780008171988.jpg?v=1787581585","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/books-lost-realms-by-thomas-williams","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}