{"product_id":"2026100012639-secondhand-arthurs-britain","title":"Arthur's Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the crossroads of history and legend stands one of Britain's most enduring mysteries — the question of whether King Arthur was real, and if so, who he truly was. Arthur's Britain by Leslie Alcock, one of Britain's most distinguished archaeologists, presents a rigorous and compelling investigation into the historical foundations of the Arthurian world, drawing on archaeological evidence, documentary sources, and landscape analysis to reconstruct post-Roman Britain between the 5th and 7th centuries AD. Alcock, who himself led the celebrated excavations at South Cadbury — long associated with the legendary Camelot — brings firsthand scholarly authority to a subject too often lost in romantic myth, grounding it firmly in the soil and stone of a turbulent, transitional age.\n\nThe work argues that behind the accretion of medieval romance lies a genuine heroic age: a Britain struggling to preserve Romano-Celtic civilisation against the encroaching tide of Anglo-Saxon settlement. Alcock's prose is measured and precise, yet never dry, illuminating the fragmentary chronicles of Gildas and Nennius alongside the spade-work of modern excavation with equal clarity. Broad in scope yet meticulous in detail, Arthur's Britain remains a landmark of historical archaeology — and leaves the reader wondering just how much of the legend was, after all, the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948308828379,"sku":"2026100012639-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/32b1b6e7-e6e1-4b4c-9af6-c51a3b653d93.png?v=1793104411","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012639-secondhand-arthurs-britain","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}