{"product_id":"lost-realms-histories-of-britain-from-the-romans-to-the-vikings","title":"Lost Realms : Histories of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Williams, Thomas \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 28\/09\/2023,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 432 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008171988,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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' Rory Stewart on The Rest is Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From the bestselling author of Viking Britain, a new epic history of our forgotten past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This 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\u003cp\u003e In Lost Realms 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":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43105067466796,"sku":"9780008171988","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008171988.jpg?v=1713025878","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/lost-realms-histories-of-britain-from-the-romans-to-the-vikings","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}