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Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. New softcover in glossy printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. 12mo. (5.16 x 1.42 x 7.72 inches) Includes index, chronology, maps, and figures. 387 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Fifty generations ago the cultural empire of the Celts stretched from the Black Sea to Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland. In six hundred years, the Celts had produced some of the finest artistic and scientific masterpieces of the ancient world. In 58 BC, Julius Caesar marched over the Alps, bringing slavery and genocide to western Europe. Within eight years the Celts of what is now France were utterly annihilated, and in another hundred years the Romans had overrun Britain. It is astonishing how little remains of this great civilization. While planning a bicycling trip along the Heraklean Way, the ancient route from Portugal to the Alps, Graham Robb discovered a door to that forgotten world--a beautiful and precise pattern of towns and holy places based on astronomical and geometrical measurements: this was the three-dimensional "Middle Earth" of the Celts. As coordinates and coincidences revealed themselves across the continent, a map of the Celtic world emerged as a miraculously preserved archival document. Robb--"one of the more unusual and appealing historians currently striding the planet" (New York Times)--here reveals the ancient secrets of the Celts, demonstrates the lasting influence of Druid science, and recharts the exploration of the world and the spread of Christianity. A pioneering history grounded in a real-life historical treasure hunt, The Discovery of Middle Earth offers nothing less than an entirely new understanding of the birth of modern Europe. Seller Inventory # 200974
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Graham Robb's new book will change the way you see European civilization. Inspired by a chance discovery, Robb became fascinated with the world of the Celts: their gods, their art, and, most of all, their sophisticated knowledge of science. His investigations gradually revealed something extraordinary: a lost map, of an empire constructed with precision and beauty across vast tracts of Europe. The map had been forgotten for almost two millennia and its implications were astonishing. Minutely researched and rich in revelations, The Ancient Paths brings to life centuries of our distant history and reinterprets pre-Roman Europe. Told with all of Robb's grace and verve, it is a dazzling, unforgettable book. From the award-winning author of The Discovery of France and Parisians. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780330531511
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. The Ancient Paths: Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe Brand new item sourced directly from publisher. Packed securely in tight packaging to ensure no damage. Shipped from warehouse on same/next day basis. Seller Inventory # 1111-9780330531511
Book Description Condition: New. Later printing. Presents a new wonder of the ancient world; remarkable reworking of hstory. Mint new unread copy. 5-1/4 x 7-3/4, 387 pp, indexes, references, notes, chronology, b/w maps & illus. Trade paperback in glossy color illus wraps. Seller Inventory # 35055
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9780330531511
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. 7.72x5.04x1.10 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __0330531514
Book Description Condition: New. Later printing. Presents a new wonder of the ancient world; remarkable reworking of hstory. Mint new unread copy. 5-1/4 x 7-3/4, 387 pp, indexes, references, notes, chronology, b/w maps & illus. Trade paperback in glossy color illus wraps. Seller Inventory # 35056