Stonehenge

Rosemary Hill author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Profile Books Ltd

Published:25th Jun '09

Should be back in stock very soon

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Stonehenge is the most famous prehistoric monument in Europe and is visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year. 'Impressively researched, full of charming anecdotes and engagingly written,' says the Daily Telegraph's Andy Letcher, 'Hill's Stonehenge deserves to become the standard introduction for professionals and amateurs.'

Stonehenge is woven into the earliest Arthurian legends and has been analysed by everyone from archaeologists, to town planners, to the Druids who have made it their spiritual home. This title provides wide-ranging history of the megalithic structure, from its creation in 3000 BC to the threat of the thunderous main roads that flank it today.Stonehenge is woven into the earliest Arthurian legends and has been analysed by everyone from archaeologists, to town planners, to the Druids who have made it their spiritual home. By refusing to adopt one theoretical position, Rosemary Hill provides the most wide-ranging and expansive history of the megalithic structure to date, from its creation in 3000 BC to the threat of the thunderous main roads that flank it today.

Her book is a treasure: stylish, thoughtful, miraculously condensed, and as full of knowledge as megalith is full of megalith * Sunday Times *
She brings genuine originality to the cultural history of Stonehenge; nobody has until now considered it as literature, poetry and art, in this comprehensive way * Times Literary Supplement *
A fascinating overview * Time Out *
This is a fascinating account of how Stonehenge has been written up over the years ... this is a thoroughly researched history that's both entertaining and authoritative -- Lesley McDowell * Independent on Sunday *
Clear, intelligent and often highly amusing, this study achieves something new in the voluminous literature on Stonehenge ... excellent. -- Christopher Hirst * Independent *
Intelligent and often witty ... refreshingly unmocking. -- Andrew Holgate * Sunday Times *
A thorough examination of England's most captivating World Heritage Site. -- Julian Fleming * Sunday Business Post *
Superbly researched and thoroughly entertaining account of the monument's history -- Simon Shaw * Mail on Sunday *

  • Winner of Historians of British Art Book Prize 2010 (UK)

ISBN: 9781861978806

Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 20mm

Weight: 180g

256 pages

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