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The Celtic Revolution: In Search of 2000 Forgotten Years that Changed Our World

The Celtic Revolution: In Search of 2000 Forgotten Years that Changed Our World

by SimonYoung (Author)

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    Hardcover 2009

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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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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 320
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Gibson Square Books
Published: 14 Oct 2009
ISBN 10: 1906142432
ISBN 13: 9781906142438

Media Reviews
Praise for AD 500 9780753819463: 'Popular history at its best.' Financial Times; '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
Author Bio
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.