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W. A. Cummins.
King Arthur’s Place in Prehistory: The Great Age of Stonehenge.
Published Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1992 (gives 1993 for U.S. publication).
ISBN 0750901861.
ISBN-13: 9780750901864.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Bath Press, Avon.
Size: 177×254×19mm.
Page count: x, 195pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some scuffs and marks on its dustjacket, a bit of wear at the edges and corners, noticeable but not severe; a little foxing on the page edges, otherwise the book itself looks in good order, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £6.00
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Weight without packaging: 692g.

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Emphasis generally pre-medieval. Contents: Quest for Arthur; Dark Ages — Arthur disappears; Stonehenge connection — Temple of Ambrius; Greek connection — Hyperboreans; Stonehenge — some legends tested; Stones from Ireland — Merlin tested; Greek contacts — Hyperboreans tested; Prehistoric climate — Diodorus tested; Merlin — architect of Stonehenge; Stonehenge — building costs; Temple of Ambrius — religion of the Hyperboreans; Egyptian analogy — prehistoric civilization in Britain?; Prehistoric pilgrims & the tourist trade; Who was King Arthur?; Vortigern — tyrant king & the end of Stonehenge.

Illustrations: 17, monochrome
Maps & plans: 8

Notes: at end of book
Tables: 2
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 4pp
Index: yes 

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