 | Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts by Andrew Robinson
Buy used from: £4.70 much more detail than the next book in my list - a very classy book this one
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 | The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms by Andrew Robinson
Buy used from: £1.85 covers just about every form of writing / scripts etc from the stone age to modern day, filled with pictures b and w/colour.
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 | In Search of the Dark Ages by Michael Wood
Buy used from: £2.76 quite deep at times, very informed - hard to keep track of those anglo saxon names when they all sound the same, a good book with chapters on the main characters from the time
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 | Barbarians: Secrets of the Dark Ages by Richard Rudgley
Buy used from: £0.01 a very enjoyable book to read - based on the TV documentary, colour photos, covers the anglo saxons, huns, goths etc
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 | The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings (Penguin Historical Atlases) by John Haywood
Buy new: £9.11 / Used from: £7.00 filled with maps and movements of the vikings - top stuff - full colour with good texts too
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 | The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History by Colin McEvedy
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £2.65 helps to illustrate where different groups of people came from and where they moved to settle
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 | The Vikings by Else Roesdahl
Buy new: £7.17 / Used from: £4.17 poor quality paper and illustrations which is a shame - but some very informative content
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 | The Anglo-Saxons (Penguin History) by James Campbell
Buy new: £11.89 / Used from: £11.88 this must be one of the best books covering the anglo saxons - good quality, filled with photos and illustrations and great text, well worth the money
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 | The Alphabet Abecedarium: Some Notes on Letters by Richard A. Firmage
Buy new: £7.99 / Used from: £0.01 the evolution of modern day writing / alphabet - from etruscans through the anglo saxons to the letters we use today
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 | Runes and Runic Inscriptions: Collected Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Viking Runes by R.I. Page
Buy new: £25.00 / Used from: £20.00 very heavy reading - probably helps if you have a masters degree in the subject!!!
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 | The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
Buy used from: £34.99 this is just amazing!!! brings the anglo saxons to life - easy to read with good footnotes
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 | The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Oxford World's Classics) by Bede
Buy used from: £2.02 much the same as the book above but from bede alone
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