Product Description

This book, a companion volume to the BBC2 television series, aims to trace the origin, growth, flowering and eventual decline of the Celts, a people who are traditionally portrayed as wild, excitable, warlike, ferocious and uncivilized. Despite their numerical smallness the author contends that they made a major contribution to Western civilization. The author originated the Radio 4 programme "Bookshelf" and the Frank Delaney series on BBC television. His previous books are "James Joyce's Odyssey" and "Betjeman Country".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #539556 in Books
• Published on: 1989-03-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

About the Author
Novelist, broadcaster and freelance journalist Frank Delaney was born in the south of Ireland in 1942. His radio programmes have included 'Bookshelf' and the language series 'Word of Mouth' on Radio 4. He regularly appears on TV, having made arts and history documentaries for the BBC, including 'The Celts', and features in the 'Book Show' on Sky News.

Customer Reviews

Very enjoyable
An interesting history of the 'Fathers of Europe', tracing their migration from the plains of Hungary to the Celtic Fringe countries of today. An insightful account of their thinking and culture, although the whole book is highly biased in favour of Irish history as oppose to a true balanced view of the Celts as a whole. Would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in ancient history.