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Britain BC : Life in Britain and Areland Before the Romans by Francis Pryor
Category: History
So many extraordinary archaeological discoveries (many of them involving the author) have been made in the last thirty years that our whole understanding of British prehistory needs to be updated. So far only the specialists have twigged on to these developments; now, for the first time, Francis Pryor b ...Show more
Home: A Time Traveller's Tales from Britain's Prehistory by Francis Pryor
Category: History
In Home Francis Pryor, author of The Making of the British Landscape, archaeologist and broadcaster, takes us on his lifetime's quest: to discover the origins of family life in prehistoric Britain. Francis Pryor's search for the origins of our island story has been the quest of a lifetime. In Home, the ...Show more
Paths to the Past: Encounters with Britain's Hidden Landscapes by Francis Pryor
Category: History
Discover the hidden corners and forgotten crevices of Britain's landscapes, from lost rural treasures to unseen urban gems. Landscapes reflect and shape our behaviour. They make us who we are and bear witness to the shifting patterns of human life over the generations. Bringing to bear a lifetime's digg ...Show more
Paths to the Past: Encounters with Britain's Hidden Landscapes by Francis Pryor
Category: Nature
Scenes from Prehistoric Life - From the Ice Age to the Coming of the Romans by Francis Pryor
Category: History
An invigorating journey through Britain's prehistoric landscape, and an insight into the lives of its inhabitants. From the critically acclaimed author of The Fens, a Radio 4 Book of the Week. A journey through the evolution of Britain's prehistoric landscapes in fifteen 'scenes', shedding revelatory li ...Show more
Scenes from Prehistoric Life: From the Ice Age to the Coming of the Romans by Francis Pryor
Category: History
An invigorating journey through Britain's prehistoric landscape, and an insight into the lives of its inhabitants. 'A highly compelling read' Spectator 'An evocative foray into the prehistoric past' BBC Countryfile Magazine 'Vividly relating what life was like in pre-Roman Britain' Choice Magazine I ...Show more
Stonehenge by Francis Pryor
Category: History | Series: The\Landmark Library
A concise, beautifully illustrated account of the history and archaeology of an iconic feature of the English landscape. Perched on the chalk uplands of Salisbury Plain, the megaliths of Stonehenge offer one of the most recognizable outlines of any ancient structure. Its purpose - place of worship, sacr ...Show more
Stonehenge by Francis Pryor
Category: History | Series: The\Landmark Library
A beautifully illustrated account of the history and archaeology of an iconic feature of the English landscape, as part of the stunning Landmark Library series. Perched on the chalk uplands of Salisbury Plain, the megaliths of Stonehenge offer one of the most recognizable outlines of any ancient struct ...Show more
Stonehenge - The Story of a Sacred Landscape by Francis Pryor
Category: History | Series: The\Landmark Library
Perched on the chalk uplands of Salisbury Plain, the megaliths of Stonehenge offer one of the most recognizable outlines of any ancient structure. Its purpose - place of worship, sacrificial arena, giant calendar - is unknown, but its story is one of the most extraordinary of any of the world's prehisto ...Show more
The Fens by Francis Pryor
Category: Nature
The Fens are a distinctive, complex, man-made and little understood landscape. Francis Pryor has lived in, excavated, farmed, walked - and loved - the Fen Country for more than forty years: its levels and drains, its soaring churches, its magnificent medieval buildings. In The Fens, he counterpoints th ...Show more
The Making of the British Landscape: How We Have Transformed the Land, from Prehistory to Today by Francis Pryor
Category: History
From our suburban streets which still trace the boundaries of long vanished farms to the Norfolk Broads, formed when medieval peat pits flooded - evidence of man's effect on Britain is everywhere. Packed with over 250 maps and photographs, compellingly written and argued, this highly acclaimed book will ...Show more
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