King Arthur's Wars
The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England

The first thing that needs to be said about this book is that it is not about King Arthur. Arthur is touched upon, but far from central. The second thing that needs to be said is that this book needed another pass by the proof-reader; sentence structure and other errors abound. Instead it is about t......more

It's a shame that the title trivialises the enormous scope of this work - which is magnificent. In fact it is a personal survey by an infantry soldier of the earthworks left over from the Dark Ages, after the Romans left, and the Anglo-Saxons were invading. He explains why we have Grim's ditches, Offa......more

If you like dykes you will like this book. This is not an "Arthur" book.......more

Makes complete sense and you must view the evidence with an unbiased eye I found the whole treatment of the period by the author to be fresh and relevant. He uses his military expertise to analyse the available information most of which is still there to view, namely the dykes of Britain. I have give......more

What I found most interesting and very well researched was the expansive information about the dykes and the place name analysis and tracking, but I also have a couple of gripes. First, the book title. Since this book contains little discussion on the King Arthur figure or his wars, it's poorly and......more