Description: Further DetailsTitle: EcholandsCondition: NewSubtitle: A Journey in Search of BoudicaISBN-10: 1399714147EAN: 9781399714143ISBN: 9781399714143Publisher: Hodder PaperbackFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/04/2024Description: 'THE BEST BOOK ON ROMAN BRITAIN I'VE READ IN AGES' TOM HOLLAND'A masterly evocation of the bloodiest year in British history.' ALICE ROBERTS'Evocative, authoritative . . . rich storytelling.' CAT JARMAN'An engaged, informed companion for the armchair time traveller...captures the thrill and the difficulties of interpreting the past'. TLS'Duncan has written a masterpiece - a journey and an investigation that fuses landscape and history, chasing the echoes of Boudica's rebellion and finding its physical traces that still surround us today.' NICHOLAS CRANE'A brilliant imagining of the past. Mackay's knowledge is profound, but lightly worn, his writing elegant and witty, and his enthusiasm infectious. A joy to read.' Dr Harry Sidebottom, University of Oxford, author or THE MAD EMPEROR'Mackay's journey into the past is hugely enjoyable.' BBC History Magazine'The places that Mackay visits, traverses and dwells in are vividly described as a conscious attempt to revive the past... there are real moments of joy and insight.' History TodayAlmost 2000 years ago, Boudica led the greatest rebellion Britain has ever seen. Within the space of a single blood-soaked year, she united the tribes to deliver blow after devastating blow to the Roman regime, culminating in a brutal, decisive battle.Archaeologist Duncan Mackay has spent a lifetime on the trail of Boudica. Beginning near his home in Norfolk, in the heart of Boudica's tribal territory, he embarks on a journey in the footsteps of Romans and Britons, exploring their villages, towns, forts and roads. The passage of two millennia has buried the world that Boudica knew, but Duncan finds that its echoes and physical traces still surround us - as long as you know where to look. The armies marched along the roads we still use, and died in their thousands in towns, cities and countryside where we still live today. The site of Boudica's last battle was long believed be lost to time, but the threads of the story all pull towards one remarkable, forgotten little corner of the English landscape.From the Breckland of Norfolk to the back streets of Colchester, from the remotest corner of Anglesey to the depths of the London Underground, Duncan takes us back two thousand years to retell the story of Britain's bloodiest year. Fusing ancient history, modern excavation, landscape exploration, and vivid reconstruction, Echolands weaves the long-lost tapestry of Boudica's war.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 196mmItem Length: 128mmItem Width: 36mmItem Weight: 260gAuthor: Duncan MackayGenre: HistoryTopic: BiographyRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
Price: 18.32 USD
Location: NN10 6GL
End Time: 2024-12-12T12:22:58.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Return policy details:
Book Title: Echolands
Publication Name: Echolands
Title: Echolands
Subtitle: A Journey in Search of Boudica
ISBN-10: 1399714147
EAN: 9781399714143
ISBN: 9781399714143
Publisher: Hodder Paperback
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 04/04/2024
Release Year: 2024
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 196mm
Item Length: 128mm
Item Width: 36mm
Item Weight: 260g
Author: Duncan Mackay
Genre: History
Topic: Biography
