Under Another Sky
eBook - ePub

Under Another Sky

Journeys in Roman Britain

  1. 278 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Under Another Sky

Journeys in Roman Britain

About this book

The author and classics scholar shares " a delightful, deeply informed recounting of her journeys across Britain in search of its ancient Roman past" ( Kirkus, starred review).
What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? Sometimes on foot, sometimes in a magnificent, if not entirely reliable, VW camper van, Charlotte Higgins sets out to explore the ancient monuments of Roman Britain. She explores the land that was once Rome's northernmost territory and how it has changed since the years after the empire fell.
Under Another Sky invites readers to see the British landscape, and British history, in an entirely fresh way: as indelibly marked by how the Romans first imagined and wrote, these strange and exotic islands, perched on the edge of the known world, into existence.
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. List of Maps
  8. A Note on Names
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter One: Kent and Essex
  11. Chapter Two: Norfolk
  12. Chapter Three: London
  13. Chapter Four: Silchester
  14. Chapter Five: Wales and the West
  15. Chapter Six: Bath
  16. Chapter Seven: Hadrian’s Wall
  17. Chapter Eight: Scotland
  18. Chapter Nine: York
  19. Chapter Ten: Cumbria and the Lakes
  20. Chapter Eleven: The Cotswolds and the South-West
  21. Chapter Twelve: Norfolk, again, and Sussex
  22. Notes
  23. Places to Visit
  24. Bibliography
  25. Acknowledgements
  26. Index
  27. About the Author