Warrior - A Life of War in Anglo-Saxon Britain

1400 years, 206 bones, 1 extraordinary story...The never-before-told story of a nameless Anglo-Saxon warrior and the bloody life he led.

About the author

Edoardo Albert is a writer from London.

Summary

1400 years, 206 bones, 1 extraordinary story...The never-before-told story of a nameless Anglo-Saxon warrior and the bloody life he led.

Additional text

Warrior tells the story of forgotten man, a man whose bones were found in an Anglo-Saxon graveyard at Bamburgh castle in Northumberland. It is the story of a violent time when Britain was defining itself in waves of religious fervour, scattered tribal expansion and terrible bloodshed; it is the story of the fighting class, men apart, defined in life and death by their experiences on the killing field; it is an intricate and riveting narrative of survival and adaptation set in the stunning political and physical landscapes of medieval England. Warrior is a classic of British history, a landmark of popular archaeology, and a must-read for anyone interested in the story of where we've come from.

Product details

• Authors: Edoardo Albert, Albert Edoardo, Albert Gething, Paul Gething, Gething Paul
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.05.2020
• EAN: 9781783784431
• ISBN: 978-1-78378-443-1
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; England, Europe, European History, military history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Archaeology by period / region, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Medieval European archaeology