Obsessions include Henry VIII, early imperial Roman history, and diet and nutrition. Love books on paper.
Monday, July 1, 2013
Worlds of Arthur: Facts & Fictions of the Dark Ages by Guy Halsall (nonfiction)
Sorry, but there was no Arthur. The author systematically breaks apart every single tiny little argument that others have tried to use as proof, meanwhile debunking plenty of myths about the Saxon "invasion" of Britain after the breakdown of the Roman Empire. The book is particularly illuminating about how scholars decide they know what they know.
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