The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts
While planning a bicycling trip along the Heraklean Way, the ancient route from Portugal to the Alps, Graham Robb discovered a door to that forgotten world--a beautiful and precise pattern of towns and holy places based on astronomical and geometrical measurements: this was the three-dimensional "Middle Earth" of the Celts. As coordinates and coincidences revealed themselves across the continent, a map of the Celtic world emerged as a miraculously preserved archival document.
Robb--"one of the more unusual and appealing historians currently striding the planet" (New York Times)--here reveals the ancient secrets of the Celts, demonstrates the lasting influence of Druid science, and recharts the exploration of the world and the spread of Christianity. A pioneering history grounded in a real-life historical treasure hunt, The Discovery of Middle Earth offers nothing less than an entirely new understanding of the birth of modern Europe.
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Become an affiliate[A] daring theory.... thrilling.--Laura Miller
Upends nearly everything we believe about the history... of early Europe.--Gabe Habash
Combines travelogue and historical detective story.... The work of a man to whom the past is vividly present.--Ian Morris
Fascinating...The historical value of Robb's vivid portrait of Celtic culture is unquestionable.--Wendy Smith