Full name: The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650

Author: John Morris Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780684133133 068413313X

A lifetime's scholarship enabled John Morris to recreate a past hitherto hidden in myth and mystery. He describes the Arthurian Age as 'the starting point of future British history', for it saw the transition from Roman Britain to Great Britain, the establishment of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales from the collapse of the Pax Romana. In exploring political, social, economic, religious and cultural history from the fourth to the seventh century, his theme is one of continuity. That continuity is embodied in Arthur himself: 'in name he was the last Roman Emperor, but he ruled as the first medieval king.' Similar books: The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy by David Cannadine Arthur's Britain by Leslie Alcock A History of Britain: The Fate of Empire: 1776-2001 by Simon Schama An Age of Tyrants by Christopher A. Snyder Austerity Britain by David Kynaston A Monarchy Transformed: Britain, 1603-1714 by Mark Kishlansky Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837 by Linda Colley The Domesday Book by Thomas Hinde Never Had It So Good by Dominic Sandbrook The Elizabethans by A. N. Wilson The Kings and Queens of England by Nicholas Best Revolution by Peter Ackroyd The Discovery of King Arthur by Geoffrey Ashe The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James A History of Britain: The Wars of the British: 1603-1776 by Simon Schama Dead Wake by Erik Larson One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer The History of Jihad by Robert Spencer