Saxons, Vikings, and Celts, Bryan Sykes
Saxons, Vikings, and Celts, Bryan Sykes
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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts
The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland

Author: Bryan Sykes

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 16 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/15/2006


Synopsis

WASPs finally get their due in this stimulating history by one of the world's leading geneticists.

Saxons, Vikings, and Celts is the most illuminating book yet to be written about the genetic history of Britain and Ireland. Through a systematic, ten-year DNA survey of more than 10,000 volunteers, Bryan Sykes has traced the true genetic makeup of British Islanders and their descendants. This historical travelogue and genetic tour of the fabled isles, which includes accounts of the Roman invasions and Norman conquests, takes readers from the Pontnewydd cave in North Wales, where a 300,000-year-old tooth was discovered, to the resting place of "The Red Lady" of Paviland, whose anatomically modern body was dyed with ochre by her grieving relatives nearly 29,000 years ago. A perfect work for anyone interested in the genealogy of England, Scotland, or Ireland, Saxons, Vikings, and Celts features a chapter specifically addressing the genetic makeup of those people in the United States who have descended from the British Isles.


About Bryan Sykes

Bryan Sykes is professor of human genetics at Oxford University. His company, Oxford Ancestors, traces human genetic backgrounds. Sykes's books include the "New York Times" bestseller "The Seven Daughters of Eve".


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Linda J. on 2008-07-01 12:54:09

Sorry but this was a very slow read, so boring I couldn't force myself to finish listening to the end. To much detail. It dragged on and on.

Goodreads review by Kelly

Several years ago, when I was in Scotland, I took a class on the Picts. They are a very elusive people surrounded by mythology and historians have had trouble pinning down realistic information about them, so there have been numerous myths about them propagated over the years. Serious historians of......more

Goodreads review by Stuart

Lots of History to Go With the Genetic Explorations I listened to this after finishing The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry. Once again Sykes revisits history using the the tools of DNA and genetics to explore some common assumptions, this time about the origins o......more