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The Tribes of Britain

David Miles

Who are we? The story of the peoples of Britain and Ireland, drawing on new genetic discoveries, language, buildings and landscape.

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The diverse peoples of Britain and Ireland are revealed not only by physical characteristics but also through structures and settlements, place names and dialects. Using the latest genetic and archaeological research, the author shows how different peoples traded, settled and conquered, establishing the 'tribal' and regional roots still apparent today. Its vast scope considers the impact of prehistoric peoples and Celtic tribes, Romans and Vikings, Saxons and Normans, Jews and Huguenots, as well as the increasing population movements of the last century.

 

'[Miles] draws admirably on history, demography, sociology, biology, and even climatology in this wide-ranging cornucopia.'

THE TIMES (2/9/06)

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The Tribes of Britain

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£9.99
Paperback
496 pages
216 x 135 mm
ISBN-10: 0753817993
ISBN-13: 9780753817995
Publication: August 2006
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