Stonehenge

Description

Stonehenge is woven into the earliest Arthurian legends and has been analysed by everyone from archaeologists, to town planners, to the Druids who have made it their spiritual home. By refusing to adopt one theoretical position, Rosemary Hill provides the most wide-ranging and expansive history of the megalithic structure to date, from its creation in 3000 BC to the threat of the thunderous main roads that flank it today.

Promotion info

Stonehenge is the most famous prehistoric monument in Europe and is visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year. 'Impressively researched, full of charming anecdotes and engagingly written,' says The Daily Telegraph's Andy Letcher, 'Hill's Stonehenge deserves to become the standard introduction for professionals and amateurs.'

Reviews

"'Her book is a treasure: stylish, thoughtful, miraculously condensed, and as full of knowledge as megalith is full of megalith.' - Sunday Times 'She brings genuine originality to the cultural history of Stonehenge; nobody has until now considered it as literature, poetry and art, in this comprehensive way'. - Times Literary Supplement '[A] fascinating overview.' - Time Out"

Author description

Rosemary Hill is a journalist and cultural historian. She is a trustee of the Victorian Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquities. Her last book, God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain was published in 2007.