Page Count: 406
Rating: 4.5/5
REVIEW
A powerful read with a message that will stay with me forever.
Professor Roberts goes through these burials with intrigue and some storytelling but also warns about pitting the history in modern or preconceived boxes.
It was very fascinating to see her talk about burials, lack of burials, and how these could mean something – or nothing.
I haven’t marked it 5* (4.5) as the only drawback is that she seems to paint religion in a primitive or illogical light which features in the more personal sections in the book, especially in the epilogue where she seems to be mocking or dismissing Neo-Druids which is a way of life and belief for many people. Just because we can set any religious beliefs in scientific stone does not mean that anything that we do to feel to connect to lost generations is meaningless.
But apart from the conflicts with my own personal beliefs, I thought it was a wonderfully written book with an attention to detail and brilliant stories brought to light.
Imagination Mansion 