The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons - Hardcover

Jarman, Cat

 
9780008447328: The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0008447322 ISBN 13: 9780008447328
Verlag: William Collins, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR

‘A diligent historian and a superb writer’THE TIMES

A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation.

In December 1642, during the Civil War, Parliamentarian troops stormed Winchester Cathedral and smashed ten beautifully decorated wooden chests to the ground, using the bones inside as missiles to shatter the cathedral’s stained glass windows. Afterwards, the clergy scrambled to collect the scattered remains: the bones of ancient kings, bishops and one formidable queen.

Bestselling historian Cat Jarman builds on the ground-breaking work of forensic archaeologists to lead us through more than a millennium of history. Alongside the cutting-edge investigation to unlock the bones' secrets, this is a thrilling and sometimes tragic tale. It tells the story of both the seekers and the sought, of those who protected the bones and those who spurned them.

Cat Jarman's book 'River Kings' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 27-09-2021.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr Cat Jarman is a bioarchaeologist and field archaeologist specialising in the Viking Age, Viking women, and Rapa Nui. She uses forensic techniques like isotope analysis, carbon dating, and DNA analysis on human remains to untangle the experiences of past people from broader historical narratives.

Dr Jarman has contributed to numerous TV documentaries as both an on-screen expert and historical consultant, including programmes for the BBC, Channel 4, History, Discovery, and more.

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Verlag
William Collins
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0008447322
ISBN 13 
9780008447328
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
384
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