Nikolai Tolstoy

The Mysteries of Stonehenge

Myth and Ritual at the Sacred Centre

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The mythic foundations of the world's greatest archaeological mystery.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amberley Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 158mm x 58mm
• Gewicht: 1052g
• ISBN-13: 9781445659534
• ISBN-10: 1445659530
• Artikelnr.: 44609671

Autorenporträt

Count Nikolai Tolstoy is the author of several books on Celtic mythology, including bestseller 'The Quest for Merlin' (Hamish Hamilton, 1985; Little, Brown, 1986). A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin in Modern History & Political Theory, he also pursued a course in Celtic languages & culture. His book, 'The Oldest British Prose Literature', was Wales Book of the Year runner-up 2010. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Honorary Associate Member of St Anthony's College, Oxford.John Waddell is the former Professor of Archaeology and Head of the Department at NUI, Galway. He studied at the University of Glasgow and worked in the National Museum of Ireland before returning to Galway in 1970. Appointed Professor of Archaeology in 1998, he is a member of the Royal Irish Academy. His research interests lie mainly in the archaeology of prehistoric Ireland and in the prehistoric relationships between the island and Britain and Continental Europe.