{"product_id":"9780008171988","title":"Lost Realms : Histories of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings by Thomas Williams","description":"'A beautiful, beautiful book . . . archaeology is changing so much about the way we view the so-called Dark Ages … [Williams] is just brilliant at bringing them to light' Rory Stewart on The Rest is Politics\u003cp\u003e From the bestselling author of Viking Britain, a new epic history of our forgotten past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is the world of Arthur and Urien; of the Picts and Britons and Saxon migration; of magic and war, myth and miracle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In Lost Realms Thomas Williams uncovers the forgotten origins and untimely demise of Britain’s ancient kingdoms: lands that hover in the twilight between history and fable, whose stories hum with gods and miracles, with giants and battles and ruin. Why did some realms – like Wessex, Northumbria and Gwynedd – prosper while others fell? And how did their communities adapt to the catastrophic changes of their age? Drawing on Britain ’ s ancient landscape and bringing together new archaeological revelations with the few precious fragments of surviving written sources, Williams spectacularly rebuilds a lost past.\u003c\/p\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback,\u003cbr\u003ePagination: 432 pages","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44580708057315,"sku":"9780008171988","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9780008171988_eee4ff26-0482-4ef7-8a40-da4b43c15646.jpg?v=1716509500","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780008171988","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}