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The Bone Chests

- Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons
Af: Cat Jarman Engelsk Hardback

The Bone Chests

- Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons
Af: Cat Jarman Engelsk Hardback
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A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR‘A diligent historian and a superb writer’THE TIMESA gripping new history of the making of England as a nation.In December 1642, during the Civil War, Parliamentarian troops stormed Winchester Cathedral and smashed ten beautifully decorated wooden chests to the ground, using the bones inside as missiles to shatter the cathedral’s stained glass windows. Afterwards, the clergy scrambled to collect the scattered remains: the bones of ancient kings, bishops and one formidable queen.Bestselling historian Cat Jarman builds on the ground-breaking work of forensic archaeologists to lead us through more than a millennium of history. Alongside the cutting-edge investigation to unlock the bones'' secrets, this is a thrilling and sometimes tragic tale. It tells the story of both the seekers and the sought, of those who protected the bones and those who spurned them.
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A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR‘A diligent historian and a superb writer’THE TIMESA gripping new history of the making of England as a nation.In December 1642, during the Civil War, Parliamentarian troops stormed Winchester Cathedral and smashed ten beautifully decorated wooden chests to the ground, using the bones inside as missiles to shatter the cathedral’s stained glass windows. Afterwards, the clergy scrambled to collect the scattered remains: the bones of ancient kings, bishops and one formidable queen.Bestselling historian Cat Jarman builds on the ground-breaking work of forensic archaeologists to lead us through more than a millennium of history. Alongside the cutting-edge investigation to unlock the bones'' secrets, this is a thrilling and sometimes tragic tale. It tells the story of both the seekers and the sought, of those who protected the bones and those who spurned them.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 384
ISBN-13: 9780008447328
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0008447322
Kategori: Wessex
Udg. Dato: 14 sep 2023
Længde: 36mm
Bredde: 245mm
Højde: 162mm
Forlag: HarperCollins Publishers
Oplagsdato: 14 sep 2023
Forfatter(e): Cat Jarman
Forfatter(e) Cat Jarman


Kategori Wessex


ISBN-13 9780008447328


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 384


Udgave


Længde 36mm


Bredde 245mm


Højde 162mm


Udg. Dato 14 sep 2023


Oplagsdato 14 sep 2023


Forlag HarperCollins Publishers

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