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Upon a white horse : journeys in ancient Britain and Ireland / Peter Ross.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection GN805 .R67 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Peter (Peter Alan), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--Antiquities.
- Great Britain.
- Ireland--Antiquities.
- Ireland.
- Antiquities, Prehistoric--Great Britain.
- Antiquities, Prehistoric.
- Antiquities, Prehistoric--Ireland.
- Historic sites--Great Britain.
- Historic sites.
- Historic sites--Ireland.
- Megalithic monuments--Great Britain.
- Megalithic monuments.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 355 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm.
- illustration
- portrait
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Headline, 2026.
- Summary:
- The prehistoric sites of Britain and Ireland are places of wonder and wondering. Who made these structures? What did they mean to them? And what do they mean to us now? Bestselling author Peter Ross journeys from midwinter at Stonehenge to midsummer at Sycamore Gap. Along the way he encounters bog bodies in Dublin, a wooden goddess in Edinburgh and a chalk giant in Dorset. He asks what it is like to live within the great stone circle at Avebury, what rituals occurred in an Anglesey tomb and what draws volunteers to care for the Uffington White Horse. Upon A White Horse is a celebration of landscape and people - and all that is beautiful, strange and old.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2025.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beerman Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781035414079
- 1035414074
- OCLC:
- 1549508782
- Publisher Number:
- 90104654000
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