The Discovery of Britain: An Accidental History

Graham Robb takes readers on a time-traveling adventure around the “spindly, sea–wracked island” he calls home.

Interweaving personal and historical narratives and making use of contemporary sources, Graham Robb’s lively exploration of Britain through the ages peels back the layers of this island nation and shows how it came to be. We follow Robb as he travels along the warpaths of long-forgotten kings, under the chalk ramparts and grassy folds of ancient hill-towns, down the ghost trails of...