pickInteresting book. It covers a lot of territory. It‘s not exactly brief, but it does it‘s best to give the best over view it can, as quickly as possible. Ellis‘s thesis was to give “a thematic survey of the visual wealth left to us by the Celts, as well as an introduction to their colourful early history and fascinating culture.” He has certainly pulled this off. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
GingerAntics Different parts of this book were of more interest than others, but again this was a good launching point. I believe I will use the “Further Reading” section extensively to dive deeper into subjects I have a greater interest in. This book is 16 years old, so I would love a second edition or a follow up book, as there were several places where Ellis said ‘new information is coming out almost daily on this.‘ 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 6y
GingerAntics Certainly in that amount of time, our understanding of these topics has expanded and I would love to see those things (or at least know where to look for up-to-date information on them). My only complaint is that this book uses BC/AD, which has been replaced for at least a decade now with BCE/CE. I know it was written in 2003 when BC/AD was still widely used, but this is a digital book, so it wouldn‘t be hard to update. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 6y
GingerAntics It also has one paragraph that repeats. It only happened once, but again, in the 16 years since this was published no one thought to correct this? Again, it‘s a digital book so it wouldn‘t be that hard to submit an update. #peterberresfordellis #thecelts #celtichistory 6y
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