An authoritative and radical rethinking of the whole of British history
before the coming of the Romans, based on remarkable new archaeological
finds. So many extraordinary archaeological discoveries (many of them
involving the author) have been made in the last thirty years that our
whole understanding of British prehistory needs to be updated. So far
only the specialists have twigged on to these developments; now, for
the first time, Francis Pryor broadcasts them to a much wider, general
audience. Aided by aerial photography, coastal erosion (which has
helped expose such coastal sites as Seahenge) and new planning
legislation which requires developers to excavate the land they build
on, archaeologists have unearthed a far more sophisticated life among
the Ancient Britons than has been previously supposed. Far from being
the barbarians of Roman propaganda, we Brits had our own religion,
laws, crafts, arts, trade, farms, priesthood and royalty, the stories
of which Francis Pryor tells with passion, wit and intelligence.
