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On the Trail of King Arthur: A Journey into Dark Age Scotland
Author(s): Robin Crichton (Author)
- Publisher: Luath Press Ltd.
- Publication Date: 31 Jan. 2013
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 192 pages
- ISBN-10: 1908373156
- ISBN-13: 9781908373151
Book Description
This book presents a line of new archaeological enquiry and a trail where you, the reader, can be the detective, and follow the clues for yourself.
Who was the real Arthur? As the Welsh speaking commander of a crack cavalry unit, did Arthur achieve something which the Romans had failed to do in their entire 350 years of occupation? Did he broker a peace with the Southern Picts? With his northern frontier secure, did he then ride south to take command of The Great Army and halt the Anglo Saxon invasion in its tracks?
This book throws light on the darkness of 6th century Britain. It reveals a brilliant military and political strategist, a Christian crusader and a Celtic hero who for two generations brought a lasting peace to a country devastated by war and pillage.
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About the Author
He studied social anthropology at Paris and Edinburgh Universities, undertaking fieldwork amongst American Indians and in a mountain village in Anatolia. At Edinburgh, he met and married his first wife Trish while she was doing an honours degree in archaeology. Political problems between Pakistan and China in the Hindu Kush led to the abandonment of their joint phd and a change of career into filmmaking.
Widowed and retired, he is now remarried to Flora Maxwell Stuart and they divide their time between Traquair in the Scottish Borders and Bélesta la Frontière in the Pyrénées Orientales where he is Président of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Association.
