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Anthony Adolph - Brutus of Troy: And the Quest for the Ancestry of the British - 9781473849174 - V9781473849174
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Brutus of Troy: And the Quest for the Ancestry of the British

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Description for Brutus of Troy: And the Quest for the Ancestry of the British Hardback. Britain's history seen through its national myth. Num Pages: 224 pages, Over 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 586.
Just who did the British think they were? For much of the last 1,500 years, when the British looked back to their origins they saw the looming mythological figure of Brutus of Troy. A great-great-grandson of the love goddess Aphrodite through her Trojan son Aeneas (the hero of Virgil's Aeneid), Brutus accidentally killed his father and was exiled to Greece. He liberated the descendants of the Trojans who lived there in slavery and led them on an epic voyage to Britain. Landing at Totnes in Devon, Brutus overthrew the giants who lived in Britain, laid the foundations of Oxford University ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
585g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473849174
SKU
V9781473849174
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Anthony Adolph
Anthony Adolph (www.anthonyadolph.co.uk) is a well-known professional genealogist with a particular interest in tracing family lines as far back as possible. He researched and co-presented Channel Four's Extraordinary Ancestors, Radio Four's Meet the Descendants and BBC One's Gene Detectives, has appeared on Heir Hunters and Who Do You Think You Are? and was a commentator for Sky and ITN News ... Read more

Reviews for Brutus of Troy: And the Quest for the Ancestry of the British
On his last book, In Search of Our Ancient Ancestors, Anthony Adolph gave us a long view of genealogy, exploring the pedigree of the human race, and the British in particular, since primeval times. This book is a sequel in a sense, but now moves away from what science and history have told us into more mythological territory, to explore ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Brutus of Troy: And the Quest for the Ancestry of the British


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