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Leslie Alcock.
Arthur’s Britain: History and Archaeology, AD 367-634.
Published London: Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1971.
ISBN 0713902450.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Hazell Watson & Viney, Aylesbury.
Size: 155×241×37mm.
Page count: xviii,415pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is ragged, and rather yellowed, especially on its spine; pages yellowed with age, in some parts more than others due to varying grades of paper used; some inked marking on at least 1 page.

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Weight without packaging: 979g.

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Contents: Nature of the evidence; 3 key texts — Excidio Britanniae, British Historical Miscellany, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; The Arthurian documents; Historical background, AD 367-490 — AD 490-634; Archaeological background; Culture of Roman & Sub-Roman Britain; Culture of the Britons, AD 450-650; Enemies of the Britons — Picts & Scots — the English; Economy, society & warfare; Arthur & Britain.

Illustrations: 31 text figures, plus 32 pages of plates, all monochrome
Maps & plans: 11

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

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