Product Description
Boldly go thousands of years back in time with Cleopatra Binns, and explore Europe's oldest legend ... the legend of Pembrokeshire's Preseli Bluestones and Stonehenge ... Preseli Bluestones by Sion Pysgod features aspects of Pembrokeshire's unique history and legends so exploring Pembrokeshire's relationship with Stonehenge via the Bluestones of the Preseli Mountains ... the legendary Bluestones of the Preseli Mountains which thousands of years ago are reputed - according to Europe's oldest legend and confirmed in modern times by the science of Geology - to have been transported by land and sea 140 miles as the crow flies, from Pembrokeshire to build the astronomical supercomputer of Stonehenge ... Archaeologists estimate that at least 80 Preseli Bluestone monoliths were transported from the Preseli Mountains to Stonehenge, by human muscle power and the natural forces of gravity, winds and tides ... But Pembrokeshire isn't only home to Europe's oldest legend it is also home to Europe's newest legend too, that of the 1970s sightings of numerous UFOs in what became known as the infamous 'Broadhaven Triangle' ... Not forgetting the epic march of the to be Henry VII's army from Pembrokeshire to the battle of Bosworth Field [1485] which inspired Shakespeare to write Richard III's lament: "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse" ... Only by unlocking the intricacies of our human minds can we hope to understand these beguiling mysteries ... supposedly incomprehensible until subjected to the genius of a Woman's infinite curiosity... and a Reader's desire to ignite the imagination.
From the Publisher
Preseli Bluestones is a popular fiction novel featuring aspects of Pembrokeshire's history, geography and folklore incorporating time travel: there being a science fiction theme due to its scientific and technological content including techniques of analog computing and their relationship to stone circles; so exploring Pembrokeshire's relationship with Stonehenge via the Bluestones of the Preseli Mountains.