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Druids
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An account of who and what the Druids were, covering their Druidic training, philosophies and beliefs, portraying them as doctors, lawyers and advisers to kings and arguing that they were the intellectuals of ancient Celtic society. First published in 1994.
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Celtic Myths and Legends
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This is an enchantingly told collection of the stirring sagas of gods and goddesses, fabulous beasts, strange creatures, and such heroes as Cuchulain, Fingal, and King Arthur from the ancient Celtic world. Included are popular myths and legends from all six Celtic cultures of Western EuropeIrish, Scots, Manx, Welsh, Cornish, and Breton. Here for ...
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A Brief History of the Druids
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Shrouded in legend, the mysterious cult of the ancient Druids continues to fascinate, inspiring latter-day imitators who often are only a poorly researched and romantic reflection of Druidic lore. In this compelling and readable history, respected Celtic scholar Peter Berresford Ellis explores who the Druids really were and what role they played ...
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Eyewitness to Irish History
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Through sources ranging from ancient forsundun (praise songs) and the hero kings to newspaper accounts, public decrees, and even graffiti, this book offers vivid portraits of major events and everyday life in Ireland through the centuries beginning with Golamh, the legendary leader of the band of Iberian Celts who settled the island more than ...
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The Celts: A History
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By the third century B. C. , at the height of their greatest expansion, the Celts had spread from their Rhineland home as far west as Ireland and east to Turkey's central plain, as far north as Belgium and south to Cadiz in Spain. They had crossed the Alps and defeated the armies of the Etruscan empire and had occupied Rome and invaded the Greek ...
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Celtic Women: Women in Celtic Society and Literature
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Peter Berresford Ellis
A title first published in 1995, which examines the status of women in ancient Celtic society, looking at powerful fgures such as Boadicea and her struggle with the Romans. Ellis examines the rights of women in Celtic law, their position in mythology and the view that ultimately Christianity degenerated their role.
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Chronicles of the Celts (CL)
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Peter Berresford Ellis
The stirring sagas of gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, enchanted weapons and fantastic beasts from all six Celtic cultures -- Irish, Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Manx, and Breton -- are retold from ancient times in a major new collection for a modern readership.
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Badger's Moon: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland
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Peter Berresford Ellis, Peter Tremayne
In October 667 A.D. in the land of Ireland, shocking murders occur on the nights of three consecutive full moons. Sister Fidelma of Cashel is dispatched to uncover the truth behind the events of the Badger's Moon before the next full moon comes and the killer strikes again.
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The ancient world of the Celts
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The Ancient World of the Celts is a highly i llustrated and comprehensive study of the Celts, their origi ns, society, art, religion, architecture, myth and legend. '
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Brief History of the Celts, a
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For centuries the Celts held sway in Europe. Even after their conquest by the Romans, their culture remained vigorous, ensuring that much of it endured to feed an endless fascination with Celtic history and myths, artwork and treasures. An authority on the Celtic peoples and their culture, Peter Berresford Ellis presents an overview of their world ...
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Celt & Saxon: The Struggle for Britain, Ad 410-937
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Peter Berresford Ellis
Peter Berresford Ellis charts the struggle for the supremacy of Britain between the invading ancestors of the English and the British Celts.
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The Celtic Empire: The First Millennium of Celtic History, C. 1000 BC-51 Ad
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Peter Berresford-Ellis, Peter Berresford Ellis
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Caesar's Invasion of Britain
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The Book of Deer
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Peter Berresford Ellis, Roy Ellsworth
This book of visual realisations of individual masterpieces of Celtic illuminated art is the first in a new series.
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Erins Blood Royal
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Many Irish-Americans with names such as Maguire or O'Brien (or any of more than 17 other Irish family names) might be related to one of the great Gaelic dynasties that ruled Ireland until Henry VIII forced their obedience to the English crown. Peter Beresford Ellis traces the early history of Ireland through the lives of its noble families. Ellis ...
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The story of the Cornish language
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A History of the Irish Working Class: With a New Preface
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Peter Berresford Ellis
This modern classic of Irish history is an accomplished and readable synthesis. The subjects covered include the early 'communism' of the Celtic clans; the role of the Church; the Irish aristocracy and their handover to Henry II; and Wolfe Tone's rising and O'Connell's betrayal.
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The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends
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Developed from an early oral storytelling tradition dating back to the dawn of European culture, this is one of the oldest and most vibrant of Europe's mythologies. From all six Celtic cultures - Irish, Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Manx and Breton - Ellis has included popular myths and legends, as well as bringing to light exciting tales which have been ...
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Celtic inheritance
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The Celts dominated the ancient world - from Ireland in the west to Turkey in the east, from Belgium in the north, south to Spain and Italy, sacking Rome itself in 390 BC. Others moved eastward into what is now Czechoslovakia, moving along the Danube valley as far as the Black Sea. This was "The Celtic Empire". But it was without an emperor or ...
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Last Adventurer: The Life of Talbot Mundy
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Talbot Mundy's life is far from being a dull literary biography. Accounts of his adventures are often a record of "lordly lies". Born William Lancaster Gribbon, he was the stereotype of the Victorian English rake. His travels and exploits -- with frequent confrontations with the law -- took him all over the world under a variety of aliases. The ...
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Hell or Connaught: Cromwellian Colonisation of Ireland 1652-1660
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Peter Berresford Ellis
An acclaimed account which chillingly recreates the 'curse of Cromwell', the executions and mass transportations, the confiscation of lands, and the banishment of Irish landowners to 'Hell or Connaught'.
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H. Rider Haggard: A Voice from the Infinite
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The Scottish Insurrection of 1820,
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The first full account of the Scottish insurrection of 1820 - the final, doomed challenge to the Act of Union of 1707, a potentially explosive threat to the British Crown, and the last concerted attempt by Scottish working class radicals to establish an independent Scottish Parliament. The authors detail the involvement of government agents ...
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The Boyne Water: The Battle of the Boyne, 1690
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The Rising of the Moon: A Novel of the Fenian Invasion of Canada
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