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"Intriguing and stimulating." —Jane Smiley, Harper's

Trade Review
"The historical value of Robb’s vivid portrait of Celtic culture is unquestionable." -- Wendy Smith - Los Angeles Times
"Daring…thrilling." -- Laura Miller - Salon
"The work of a man to whom the past is vividly present." -- Ian Morris - New York Times Book Review
"Robb manages his revelations with a showman’s skill, modestly conscious that his book is unfurling a map of Iron Age Europe and Britain that has been inaccessible for millenia." -- Telegraph
"An ingenious and thoroughly gripping historical and archaeological bolt from the blue." -- New Statesman
"Raises intriguing questions about the relationship between tribe and empire, local identity and larger superstructure." -- Rachel Donadio - New York Times
"The Discovery of Middle Earth will take you on a grand tour of the ancient world’s secrets." -- James Norton - Christian Science Monitor

The Discovery of Middle Earth

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    A Paperback / softback by Graham Robb

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: 02/12/2014
      ISBN13: 9780393349924, 978-0393349924
      ISBN10: 0393349926
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      Ancient history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "Intriguing and stimulating." —Jane Smiley, Harper's

      Trade Review
      "The historical value of Robb’s vivid portrait of Celtic culture is unquestionable." -- Wendy Smith - Los Angeles Times
      "Daring…thrilling." -- Laura Miller - Salon
      "The work of a man to whom the past is vividly present." -- Ian Morris - New York Times Book Review
      "Robb manages his revelations with a showman’s skill, modestly conscious that his book is unfurling a map of Iron Age Europe and Britain that has been inaccessible for millenia." -- Telegraph
      "An ingenious and thoroughly gripping historical and archaeological bolt from the blue." -- New Statesman
      "Raises intriguing questions about the relationship between tribe and empire, local identity and larger superstructure." -- Rachel Donadio - New York Times
      "The Discovery of Middle Earth will take you on a grand tour of the ancient world’s secrets." -- James Norton - Christian Science Monitor

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