Lost Realms: Histories of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings

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Some – like Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria and Gwynedd – have come to dominate understandings of the centuries that followed the collapse of Roman rule. Personally I was expecting this book to read a bit more story like from what I had heard, so I was a little disappointed at the hard going and fact heavy nature of most of the book. Maybe the book is trying to do too many things other than simply tell the history of the small kingdoms that flourished in the years following the fifth century?

I found the chapters on Elmet and Rheged particularly fascinating, however, the entire volume held my interest from start to finish. ancient landscape to resurrect a lost past where lives were lived with as much vigour and joy as in any other age, where people fought and loved and toiled and suffered grief and disappointment just as cutting as our own.

They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. My personal favourite to read about was Elmed, located in what is now West and South Yorkshire, because I’m familiar with the area!

Not too much of the x son of y, brother of z (which I always find a bit dry) and the author manages to pique and then satisfy the reader's interest by bringing places to life and putting some historical perspective into them.If you are interested in Britain’s history from the Romans to the Vikings, then you will like this book.