For the last 6
months or so I have been focusing heavily on coursework, and so the reading
list I had initially planned was never completed. So far I have only finished Britain
BC by Francis Pryor and Prehistoric Cumbria by David Barrowclough. However, I
have had time to overhaul the list of books I am going to read. Many of the ones
in the original list are ebooks that were acquired by free on amazon because
they were out of copyright. Although not having the time to do as much reading
as I would have liked, I have had the time to look up the comprehensive books I
need to see me through the era up to the Anglo-Saxon period, which is the
reading list I am really looking forward to. In chronological order, here is
the list:
- · Britain BC by Francis Pryor
- · Prehistoric Cumbria by David Barrowclough
- · Iron Age Communities in Britain by Barry Cunliffe
- · The Celts by Gerhard Herm
- · Boudica by Vanessa Collingbridge
- · Cartimandua: Queen of the Brigantes by Nicki Howarth
- · The Carvetii by N. Higham and Jones
- · The Catuvellauni by Keith Branigan
- · Roman Britain by Keith Branigan
- · Hadrian’s Wall in the Days of the Romans by Ronald Embleton & Frank Graham
- · The Planning of Roman Roads and Walls in the Northern Britain by John Poulter
- · Carausius & Allectus by P. J. Casey
- · Later Roman Britain by Stephen Johnson
- · Arthur and the Fall of Roman Britain by Edwin Pace
- · King Arthur: Myth Making and History by N. Higham
I have made a conscious decision to exclude books on Celtic
Mythology, as I intend to eventually do a separate list on Celtic and
Norse mythology once I have finished the history up until 1072. Almost all the
books in this reading list, with the exception of Boudica, Cartimandua, The Carvetii,
The Catuvellauni and King Arthur were found in charity shops. In my Anglo-Saxon list I have tried to acquire a book for every king that there is one
available for. Naturally I sought to do the same with the Celtic and Roman
periods, but with history being lacking in this area I could only find ones on Boudica,
Cartimandua and the usurpers Carausius and Allectus.
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