The Celts by Jenkins, Simon

The Celts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781788168816)

Vendor: Simon Jenkins
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Format: Paperback
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The Celts by Jenkins, Simon

The Celts

$19.95
The Celts by Jenkins, Simon

The Celts

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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Who were the Celts? Were they a people, a civilisation, an empire, or a fiction of historical imagination? They flit as ghosts through Europe's ancient past, purported ancestors of the Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Cornish and Bretons. Yet they have never been identified with any one land, or with any one history or language. Simon Jenkins argues compellingly that the 'Celts' is a misleading concept, bundling together quite distinct peoples. The word keltoi first appears in Greek, applied generally to aliens or 'barbarians' - and theories of Celticism continue to fuel many of the prejudices and misconceptions that divide the British Isles to this day. Fascinating and increasingly relevant, who the Celts were - or weren't - goes to the heart of the ongoing argument over the future of a dis-United Kingdom.

Author: Simon Jenkins
ISBN-10: 178816881X
ISBN-13: 9781788168816
Publisher: Ips - Profile Books
Language: English
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d
By Simon Jenkins
By Simon Jenkins
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Simon Jenkins is the author of the bestselling A Short History of England, also published by Profile, A Short History of Europe and many other bestsellers. Until 2014, he was chairman of the National Trust. A former editor of The Times and Evening Standard, he is a columnist for the Guardian.

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