Celtic Roots

by Thomas Airlie Brown


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 2/26/2007

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 5.5x8.5
Page Count : 276
ISBN : 9781552125854

About the Book

Thomas Airlie Brown plunges the reader directly into the action and integrally weaves them into the book so tightly, it will not be easy for them to lay it down.

The book is historical fiction leading up to a fairy tale, although it is so well leavened with helpings of historical and archeological facts, that all may end up to be factual after all.

What he calls the Celtic Domain is traced from its first appearance in the Middle Europe, follows the migration trail across Western Europe into Britain and Ireland, then deals with the apparently unstoppable spread of the Roman Empire into Celtic territory and covers the major battles that resulted.

Arthur and Camelot fill the final section with a new interpretation that intrigues as it develops, and ends with an Epilogue that highlights the reasons why the Celts, known-world conquerors before the Romans, could not compete with the political and military sophistication of the Roman Empire.

The Appendix, with its numbered sections referred to in the text, contains tidbits of little-known information and history that add to the enjoyment of the read.


About the Author

Tom Brown, as he is known to almost everyone, is a retired medical specialist who, while on a three month trip in 1990, became intrigued by what he describes as the shadows of the early Celts. He was so intrigued that he decided he would delve into those shadows after he retired in an effort to find out more about their origins and contributions. After five years of research and more travel, THE CELTIC ROOTS OF CAMELOT is the result.
Asked about himself he gave us this:

Three women and eight children, five of them my own, have complicated my life along with three grandchildren and numerous dogs and cats. I still enjoy life and can summarize it this way:

Survived two wives and two divorces;
Lived in three countries, six cities and one small island;
Owned 18 cars, eight houses and three boats, not all at the same time;
Put six children into dental braces and the same six through university
Became an amateur cook and a chorister;
Had six careers, now attempting a seventh!