Book description
For centuries the Celts held sway in Europe. Even after their
conquest by the Romans, their culture remained vigorous, ensuring that
much of it endured to feed an endless fascination with Celtic history
and myths, artwork and treasures. A foremost authority on the Celtic
peoples and their culture, Peter Berresford Ellis presents an
invigoration overview of their world. With his gift for making the
scholarly accessible, he discusses the Celts' mysterious origins and
early history and investigates their rich and complex society. His use
of recently uncovered firnds brings fascinating insights into Celtic
kings and chieftains, architecture and arts, medicine and religions,
myths and legends, making this esesntial reading for any search for
Europe's ancient past.
