The Celts

by Simon Jenkins

Book Overview

Who were the Celts? Were they a people, a civilisation, an empire, or a fiction of historical imagination? They flit as ghosts through Europe's ancient past, purported ancestors of the Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Cornish and Bretons. Yet they have never been identified with any one land, or with any one history or language. Simon Jenkins argues compellingly that the 'Celts' is a misleading concept, bundling together quite distinct peoples. The word keltoi...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178816881X
• ISBN13: 9781788168816
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Ips - Profile Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.7"