The Celts

by Frank Delaney

Hardcover, 1986

Status

Available

Call number

909.04916

Genres

Collection

Gifts

Publication

Little, Brown & Co., Boston, Toronto (1986), Edition: 1st, 240 pages

Description

This book, a companion volume to the BBC2 television series, aims to trace the origin, growth, flowering and eventual decline of the Celts, a people who are traditionally portrayed as wild, excitable, warlike, ferocious and uncivilized.

User reviews

LibraryThing member vicarofdibley

facinating look at my ancestors

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LibraryThing member ritaer

Celtic races, not much on religion

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Subjects

Celts

Celts Folklore

Language

English

Original publication date

1986

Physical description

240 p.; 9.5 inches

ISBN

0316179930 / 9780316179935

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