Francis Pryor is one of Britain's most distinguished living archaeologists, the excavator of Flag Fen and a sheep farmer. He is the author of seventeen books including The Fens (a Radio 4 Book of the Week), Stonehenge, Flag Fen, Britain BC, Britain AD, and The Making of the British Landscape.
'Decades worth of communicating archaeology on TV and a recent foray into crime fiction writing help make this book a highly compelling read' * Spectator * 'An evocative foray into the prehistoric past ... Pryor recreates [the prehistoric world] with an effortless narrative style' * BBC Countryfile Magazine * 'Brings almost impossibly distant times into brilliant focus' * Eastern Daily Press Norfolk * 'Pryor's colourful book makes life in Britain BC often sound rather more appealing than the frenetic and anxious 21st century!' * Daily Mail * 'Vividly relating what life was like in pre-Roman Britain' * Choice Magazine * 'Our prehistoric cousins lie on the other side of a vast expanse of time ... Francis Pryor bridges that gap, showing how excavation and analysis can bring their stories to life. Of course, the gap between us and them is matched by the prehistoric era's epic sweep, and Pryor charts the changes witnessed across that time' * BBC History Magazine * 'Francis Pryor is always good value ... He cherrypicks the most interesting recent discoveries about Britain's past before the Romans' * Spectator, Books of the Year *