Since Dark Age Britain was divided between the twin legacies of Celtic culture and the departed Romans, one might logically expect to find the trappings of King Arthur's story - swords in stones, round tables, chivalrous knights - in their myths and legends. They are conspicuously absent. The origins of these essentially Arthurian traditions lie much further afield, with the nomadic tribes of central Asia, like the Sarmatians and Alans. Ironically, we must trace this legend, so central to western civilisation, to the heart of the people whom we have historically despised as barbarians...
- ISBN10 074726225X
- ISBN13 9780747262251
- Publish Date 1 November 2001 (first published 22 February 2001)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 19 April 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Headline Publishing Group
- Imprint Headline Book Publishing
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 256
- Language English