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If you could go back in time, what would the Celts be like? Today we think of them as a mysterious, fringe people doomed to extinction. Some historians even question their existence. But in this riveting guide to two thousand forgotten years, Simon Young uses the latest research to show how pivotal the Celts were to the modern world. On this entertaining voyage the reader will visit the hills of ancient Rome in the company of violent mohicaned Celtic warbands - the foes most feared by the Romans. Pass into Dark Age Christendom where Celtic monks fought local lords to save Christianity s last stand in Europe, and witness their peculiar customs of curses and talking to animals. And move on to later medieval France, Germany and England where the ruthless Celtic vagabond-hero Arthur was to become the most potent mythical King of Britain and Europe s aristocracy, spelling the end of Church domination and planting the seed of free love. The result is a novel history that - based on sources in many languages - goes beyond ordinary history books and brings back to life a people as important as the ancient Greeks, the Romans or the Etruscans. While these cultures vanished, the Celts turn out to be remarkable survivors of an exotically heroic world.
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