{"product_id":"upon-a-white-horse-peter-ross-9781035414079","title":"Upon a White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland","description":"\u003cb\u003e'I'm a card-carrying admirer of Peter Ross' - Robert Macfarlane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe prehistoric sites of Britain and Ireland are places of wonder and wondering. Who made these structures? What did they mean to them? And what do they mean to us now?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBestselling author Peter Ross journeys from midwinter at Stonehenge to midsummer at Sycamore Gap. Along the way he encounters bog bodies in Dublin, a wooden goddess in Edinburgh and a chalk giant in Dorset. He asks what it is like to live within the great stone circle at Avebury, what rituals occurred in an Anglesey tomb and what draws volunteers to care for the Uffington White Horse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese objects and structures speak of the long human story. They offer the comfort of recognition and the pleasure of mystery. There is something about ancient places that fills a hollow in our souls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUpon A White Horse\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of landscape and people - and all that is beautiful, strange and old.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR STEEPLE CHASING: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A delicious treat' - \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A charming odyssey' - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Lovely, lyrical, whimsical, elegiac' - \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Engaging' -\u003ci\u003e New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A wonderful book' - \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1035414074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781035414079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Headline\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Peter Ross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217896255743,"sku":"9781035414079","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_08c72a15-28a1-4ed2-919a-cbd470862f22.jpg?v=1772000152","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/upon-a-white-horse-peter-ross-9781035414079","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}