Originally Posted by right-track (Post 697272)

Then you need to get 'In the footsteps of Alexander'. It surpasses all of the historical series by Wood. Brilliant book.
The documentary is epic too (watch em' all). Any non Brits with a love of history may find these vids interesting. The BBC do it best.
If I could be one person in history...Alexander would be that man. Apart from Bestie of course. ;)



Bede? Religious propaganda written by Bede to create the notion of English christianity, when in fact it already existed in a purer form on his arrival.
Fabricated lies.

Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 697276)

of course. Bede was a monk after all but I am drawn to the romanticism of his writings more than histrorical and religious notions. It was the dark ages after all

Originally Posted by right-track (Post 697283)

Not so dark as previously reported. I could put another documentary up that you'd be interested in, but I don't wanna get SATCH all grumpy. This being a book thread. :/

We should start our own history thread Lee.

Originally Posted by right-track (Post 697173)

If you haven't already, you should read Michael Wood's 'In Search of the Dark Ages'. Like Shama's 'History of Britain' it was a BBC TV documentary series.
The documentary was good (hard to get hold of these days) but the book is superlative.
And as for Geoffrey Monmouth's ancient account...I really need to get round to buying a copy.

Originally Posted by Seltzer (Post 697663)

I'm watching History of Britain though I'm only up to the Norman Conquest atm. I find it fascinating how sophisticated Skara Brae was around 3000 BC.

I'm still reading England - The Autobiography which I bought ages ago. It's slow reading but interesting.