{"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          From the bestselling author of Viking Britain, a new epic history of our forgotten past.             This is the world of Arthur and Urien; of the Picts and Britons and Saxon migration; of magic and war, myth and miracle.             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.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56220808282485,"sku":"9780008171988","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780008171988.jpg?v=1762189770","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780008171988","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}