Ice to Athelstan The Emergence of England: A 10,000 year journey from the Last Ice Age to England's first Crowned King

With such concentration on the Tudors onwards, the English risk losing sight of their nation's roots. Ice to Athelstan fills that gap by presenting the story of the country's origins in a succinct and accessible way.

In twelve short chapters the book covers some 10,000 years from the time of the last Ice Age, when Britain was a frozen desert, until the short reign of the first king of England. It tells the story of who came, when, from where, why, and what effect they had, as the country was...