From bioarchaeologist and bestselling author of River Kings, a gripping new history of the making of England as a nation, told through six bone chests, stored for over a thousand years in Winchester Cathedral. In December 1642, during the Civil War, Parliamentarian troops stormed the magnificent Winchester Cathedral, intent on destruction. Reaching the choir, its beating heart, the soldiers searched out ten beautifully decorated wooden chests resting high up on the stone screens. Those chests contained some of England’s most venerated, ancient remains: The bones of eight kings, including The Bone Chests - Cat Jarman od authora Cat Jarman a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Cat Jarman |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
272 |
Rok vydání |
2023 |
Nakladatelství |
HarperCollins Publishers |