- Hardcover: 128 pages
- Publisher: Random House UK (Sep 15 1989)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0712622063
- ISBN-13: 978-0712622066
- Product Dimensions: 26.4 x 19 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This illustrated essay contains photographs of the standing stones, tombs and earthworks of 50 of Britain's best preserved megalithic sites. The author reflects on what these legendary places have come to mean to the British and questions their psychic, spiritual and historical associations.
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The Stones Remain,
By "glenhow" (a NZer in Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: STONES REMAIN (Hardcover)
I originally bought this book because of the author, Kevin Crossley-Holland, who is a respected expert on, and storyteller about, early British and Norse history. I wasn't disappointed - his text is a personal view of megalithic Britain which encompasses old and modern references to these enigmatic stone monuments. He doesn't tell the reader what to think, but offers a great deal of information and inspiration, including poetry and his own insight, to help broaden one's own interest. The artistic power of the photographer, Andrew Rafferty, is evident in the black and white illustrations of the stones. The pictures vary from grainy to stark, moody to powerful, structural to pattern-like. Each and every one is worthy to be framed. The combined work of these two men is inspired and I love it. History's now and alive!
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The Stones Remain,
By "glenhow" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: STONES REMAIN (Hardcover)
I originally bought this book because of the author, Kevin Crossley-Holland, who is a respected expert on, and storyteller about, early British and Norse history. I wasn't disappointed - his text is a personal view of megalithic Britain which encompasses old and modern references to these enigmatic stone monuments. He doesn't tell the reader what to think, but offers a great deal of information and inspiration, including poetry and his own insight, to help broaden one's own interest. The artistic power of the photographer, Andrew Rafferty, is evident in the black and white illustrations of the stones. The pictures vary from grainy to stark, moody to powerful, structural to pattern-like. Each and every one is worthy to be framed. The combined work of these two men is inspired and I love it. History's now and alive!
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