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Step Into The Celtic World
Book Review
| Author: | Fiona MacDonald |  |
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| Publisher: | Hermes House | ||
| ISBN: | 1840386479 | ||
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This book covers popular themes relating to the
history and culture of the ancient Celts. It is a book which will appeal
to children and it is well illustrated with photographs of Celtic objects
and depictions of Celtic people. The book includes examples from all over
the Celtic Empire which helps to demonstrate the common cultural aspects
which defined the Celtic people.
Many of the topics covered in the book are accompanied by interesting craft projects which are perhaps the best feature of this book. The book provides instructions to make various Celtic items which include: torcs, shields, helmets, a model of a roundhouse and a copy of the Gundestrap Cauldron.
The text provides a good introduction to the various themes and is, on the whole, well explained but a few times I found the text confused and occasionally inaccurate. For example “The first people to fight against the Celts were also the most formidable - the well-trained, well-equipped soldiers of the Roman Empire”. Lets just say that the Celts were fighting long before they came into contact with the Romans and in the early engagements with Rome they actually sacked Rome itself! The weakest point of the book was the timeline which was full of bold statements about Celtic power and its demise which I found inaccurate.
This book is worth purchasing for the craft ideas and photographs.
Nigel Cross 11/03/05
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