Great Tales From English

History : Cheddar Man to

DNA
 By
Robert Lacey
Little, Brown Book Group
From ancient times to the present day, the story of England has been
laced with drama, intrigue, courage and passion - a rich and vibrant
narrative of heroes and villains, kings and rebels, artists and
highwaymen, bishops and scientists. Now, in Great Tales of English
History, Robert Lacey captures one hundred of the most pivotal
moments: the stories and extraordinary characters who helped shape
a nation. This first volume begins in 7150 BC with the life and death
of Cheddar Man and ends in 1381with Wat Tyler and the Peasants'
Revolt. We meet the Greek navigator Pytheus, whose description of
the Celts as prettanike (the 'painted people') yielded the Latin word
Britannici. We witness the Roman victory celebrations of AD 43,
where a squadron of elephants were paraded through Colchester.
And we visit the New Forest, in 1100, and the mysterious shooting
of King William Rufus. Packed with insight, humour and
fascinating detail, Robert Lacey brings the stories that made
England brilliantly to life. From Ethelred the Unready to Richard
the Lionheart, the Venerable Bede to the Black Prince, this is, quite
simply, history as history should be told.

Little, Brown Book Group

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