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Embark on a captivating odyssey through the archaeological and cultural vestiges of Roman Britain, guided by the award-winning author of Greek Myths. This literary work delves into the encounter with Roman Britain, exploring what the notion of 'Roman Britain' has signified to those who followed Britain's 400-year tenure as a province of Rome – from the medieval mythographer-historian Geoffrey of Monmouth to Edward Elgar and W.H. Auden. What does Roman Britain represent to us in the present day? How were its physical remnants rediscovered and interpreted? How has it been reimagined through stories, songs, and verses?
Charlotte Higgins has traced these tales by setting out to uncover the remains of Roman Britain herself, sometimes on foot, sometimes in a splendid, albeit not entirely reliable, VW camper van. Through accounts of some of Britain's most intriguing and often unjustly overlooked ancient monuments, Under Another Sky invites us to perceive the British landscape and British history in an entirely fresh light – as indelibly marked by how the Romans first imagined and wrote these strange and exotic islands, perched on the edge of the known world, into existence.
Book ISBN: | 9780099552093 |
Book Author: | Charlotte Higgins |
Book Format: | Paperback / softback |
Book Imprint: | Vintage |
Book Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
Book Dimensions: | 196 x 130 x 23 cm |
Book Publication Date: | 2014-06-03 |
Book Pagination: | 304 pages |
Book Weight: | 268g |
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