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Peter Berresford Ellis.
A Brief History of the Celts.

Published London: Robinson, 7th impression (previously issue 2003; originally published under the title Ancient World of the Celts, 1998).
Series: Brief Histories.
ISBN 9781841197906.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printed in the EU.
Size: 129x195x16mm.
Page count: text xx,235pp; plates 16pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some scuffs and creases on the covers, and in particular a heavy crease on the lower corner on the back; the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.


This item £2.50
plus P&P £2.50 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price £7.99]
Weight without packaging: 241g.

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Emphasis pre-medieval. Contents: Origins of the Celts; An illiterate society?; Celtic kings & chieftains; Druids; Celtic warriors; Women; Farmers; Physicians' Cosmology; Road builders; Artists & craftsmen; Architecture; Religion; Myth & legend; Early Celtic history.

Illustrations: 16 pages of monochrome plates
Maps & plans: 1

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 4pp
Index: yes


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