Simon Jenkins

The Celts (Bok)

'Simon Jenkins, as ever, writes with clarity and insight' Times 'One of the liveliest commentators in Britain, always worth reading and pleasingly contrarian' Jeremy Paxman, Guardian Who were the Celts? Were they a people, a civilisation, an empire, or a fiction of historical imagination? They flit as ghosts through Europe's ancient past, purported ancestors of the Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Cornish and Bretons. Yet they have never been identified with any one land, or with any one history or language. Simon Jenkins argues compellingly that the 'Celts' is a misleading concept, bundling together quite distinct peoples. The word keltoi first appears in Greek, applied generally to aliens or 'barbarians' - and theories of Celticism continue to fuel many of the prejudices and misconceptions that divide the British Isles to this day. Fascinating and increasingly relevant, who the Celts were - or weren't - goes to the heart of the ongoing argument over the future of a dis-United Kingdom.

Författare:	Simon Jenkins
Titel:	The Celts
Typ:	Bok
Kategori:	Böcker/Historia & Arkeologi/Historia & Arkeologi
Releasedatum:	2023-03-30
Artikelnummer:	770687
Lagerstatus:	Beställningsvara Leveranstid: från 7 vardagar
EAN:	9781788168816
ISBN:	1788168816
Språk:	Engelska
Bandtyp:	Pocket
Mått(BxHxD):	129x198x20 mm
Omfång:	304 sidor
Vikt:	255 gram
Titel:	The Celts
Förlag:	Hachette UK Distribution