Lost Gods of Albion: The Chalk Hill-Figures of Britain - Hardcover

Newman, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750915633 ISBN 13: 9780750915632

Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

While all of the 30 or so chalk hill-figures known in southern England are treated in this book, the focus is on figures from before 1700 whose origins are the subject of conjecture and debate, including the Cerne Giant, the Uffington White Horse, and the Long Man of Wilmington. The author treats the more obscure figures in separate chapters which discuss the site, efforts at preservation, history and interpretation, and the authors views regarding the origins of each figure. Distributed by Books International. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Newman is a writer on topographical and archaeological subjects and the editor of the literary periodical Abraxas. Tim Darvill is the author of more than 12 books, including Stonehenge: The Biography of a Landscape.

Review:

"... a wry survey of the extraordinary variety of response ... hiill-figures have evoked down the centuries." -- Richard Mabey, The Daily Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0750915633
• ISBN 13: 9780750915632
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216