Scenes from Prehistoric Life
From the Ice Age to the Coming of the Romans
«Decades worth of communicating archaeology on TV and a recent foray into crime fiction writing help make this book a highly compelling read»
Spectator
A journey through the evolution of Britain's prehistoric landscape, and an insight into the lives of its inhabitants, in fifteen scenes. Les mer
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A journey through the evolution of Britain's prehistoric landscape, and an insight into the lives of its inhabitants, in fifteen scenes.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Apollo
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 368
- ISBN
- 9781789544145
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«Decades worth of communicating archaeology on TV and a recent foray into crime fiction writing help make this book a highly compelling read»
Spectator
«An evocative foray into the prehistoric past... Pryor recreates [the prehistoric world] with an effortless narrative style'»
BBC Countryfile Magazine
«Brings almost impossibly distant times into brilliant focus»
Eastern Daily Press Norfolk
«Pryor's colourful book makes life in Britain BC often sound rather more appealing than the frenetic and anxious 21st century!»
Daily Mail
«Vividly relating what life was like in pre-Roman Britain»
Choice Magazine
«Our prehistoric cousins lie on the other side of a vast expanse of time... Francis Pryor bridges that gap, showing how excavation and analysis can bring their stories to life. Of course, the gap between us and them is matched by the prehistoric era's epic sweep, and Pryor charts the changes witnessed across that time'»
BBC History Magazine
«Francis Pryor is always good value... He cherrypicks the most interesting recent discoveries about Britain's past before the Romans'»
Spectator, Books of the Year
«Archaeologists, enthusiasts, and novices alike can turn the page and enter scenes from prehistory, learning what it meant to live in and experience the past»
The Past
«Such personal insights, alongside the fascinating and wonderfully detailed archaeological narrative, make this book an essential – and hugely enjoyable – read for any enthusiast of British prehistory with an interest in how and why our landscape appears as it does today»
Archaeology Worldwide