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King Arthur’s Wars
- The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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Summary
The story of an era shrouded in mystery, and the gradual changing of a nation's cultural identity.
We speak English today, because the Anglo-Saxons took over most of post-Roman Britain. How did that happen? There is little evidence: not much archaeology, and even less written history. There is, however, a huge amount of speculation. King Arthur's Wars brings an entirely new approach to the subject - the answers are out there, in the British countryside, waiting to be found.
Months of field work and map study allow us to understand, for the first time, how the Anglo-Saxons conquered England, county by county and decade by decade.
King Arthur's Wars exposes what the landscape and the place names tell us. As a result, we can now know far more about this "Dark Age." What is so special about Essex? Why is Buckinghamshire an odd shape? Why is the legend of King Arthur so special to us? Why don't Cumbrian farmers use English numbers when they count sheep? Why don't we know where Camelot was? Why did the Romano-British stop eating oysters? This book provides a new level of understanding of the centuries preceding the Norman Conquest.
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- GT
- 13-04-23
Surprising Read!
I began listening to this book purely based on the King Arthur reference as I am currently interested in post Roman British history. This isn't a book about King Arthur exclusively. The authors' military background offered fascinating insights into how Britain was being shaped at the time largely based on the many dyke systems present in England and how they were created and used from a military perspective. We learn that they are far more numerous than many believe and are largely ignored by historians and archaeologists. A question I am now exploring! My one gripe was not content related but that the narrator's pronunciation of personal and place names was poor. In a book referencing so many old British and Welsh names it was frustrating to hear this repeatedly when a simple Google search can often remedy this these days. It's often the case in many audio books. There was even a mispronunciation of Tintagel that initially made me second guess my own pronounciation of the English language!
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- steve
- 25-01-22
fascinating insight
The authors new approach cast a huge light on the dark ages. But you need a map to follow his observations.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-10-23
Superb study
I really enjoyed this insightful study of this very interesting period in our history.
Very informative and interesting.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-08-19
Tedious
Very academic and has a weak narrative. The author spends the first chapter criticising other authors and scholars.
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