Nearly everyone has encountered fragments of Celtic culture through stories of King Arthur and Cu Chulainn. Few of us are aware that the origins of Celtic peoples lie in Austria, or that their influence reached into ancient Greece and Egypt. This fascinating new book explores the history that has fed the legends: the origins, migrations, allegiances, society, culture, myths and literature of the Celts, from the ‘Hallstatt Era’ beginning in 1200 BCE to the Gaels of Ireland and western Scotland and eventual Christianization.
