Farewell Britannia by Simon Young

Farewell Britannia by Simon Young

A vivid and gripping account of Roman Britain, told by a family who lived there

Hugely entertaining. . What a joy to be able to recommend a book about misery, bloodshed and grisly superstition for being funny, compassionate and clear-eyed * Independent on Sunday *
Informative and entertaining, this is popular history at its best * Financial Times *
For imaginative and thrilling engagement with the history of those often shadowy and chaotic times, Farewell Britannia will be very hard to beat -- Peter Jones * Sunday Telegraph *
There is no snatch of straw so recherché, it seems, that Young cannot somehow spin gold out of it -- Tom Holland * Spectator *
Enjoyable and ingenious, this breathes life into the period * Scotland on Sunday *
Young reinvents with a rare combination of scholarship and imagination -- Peter Parsons * Literary Review *
The Celtic and Dark Age historian Simon Young has had a brilliant idea. He has decided he is a sort of Herodotus of 6th century AD Britain and Ireland . . . Extremely enjoyable and informative * Journal of Classical Teaching *
Simon Young offers nugget after nugget of fascinating detail to paint a colourful portrait of a time when native savagery was being tempered by the arrival of Christianity in a country on the cusp between druidic power and the first cold grip of Church rule . . . This bawdy, picaresque and high-spirited book . . . wears its considerable learning lightly and opens a windown on a time long neglected * Ireland on Sunday *
the greatest acheivement of this magnificent work is its success in breathing life into real people * THE HERALD *

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, Ireland and Italy, where he is now completing a doctorate at the University of Florence. The author of many academic articles, he has also written about the Dark Ages for History Today, the Spectator, and the Guardian. He combines a commitment to serious history, especially that of the medieval Celts, with a desire to communicate Dark Age history to the general public. He lives in Florence with his Italian wife.

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ISBN 13	9780753823705
ISBN 10	0753823705
Title	Farewell Britannia
Author	Simon Young
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2008-04-16
Number of pages	304
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