They are a mythical people, almost an imagined people, writes Kurlansky. Signs of their civilization exist well before the arrival of the Romans in 218BC.

General Information

ISBN : 9780099284130
Publisher : Vintage Publishing
Imprint : UNKNOWN
Weight (g) : 0.378
Publication date : 01 October 2000
Produced in : United Kingdom
Product Type : books

Other Specifications

Author : Mark Kurlansky
Bind : Paperback
Edition : New edition
Language : en
Pages : 400
BIC subject : European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); World history; Social & cultural history
Illustrations : illustrations, maps

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'History, reportage, travel writing, wisdom and recipes - entertaining and enlightening' Sunday Times

Author description

Mark Kurlansky is the author of several bestselling non-fiction titles including Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (winner of the Glenfiddich Best Food Book Award), The Basque History of the World, Salt: A World History, 1968: The Year that Rocked the World, a short story collection The White Man in the Tree and a novel, Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue.