Reflecting recent historical, textual and archaelogical research, this
revised and updated edition of Michael Wood's classic book overturns
preconceptions of the Dark Ages as a shadowy and brutal era, showing them to be
a richly exciting and formative period in the history of Britain.This new edition of Michael Wood's groundbreaking first book explores the
fascinating and mysterious centuries between the Romans and the Norman Conquest
of 1066.; In Search of the Dark Ages vividly conjures up some of the most famous
names in British history, such as Queen Boadicea, leader of a terrible war of
resistance against the Romans, and King Arthur, the 'once and future king', for
whose riddle Wood proposes a new and surprising solution. Here too, warts and
all, are the Saxon, Viking and Norman kings who laid the political foundations
of England - Offa of Mercia, Alfred the Great, Athelstan, and William the
Conqueror, whose victory at Hastings in 1066 marked the end of Anglo-Saxon
England.; Reflecting recent historical, textual and archaeological research, this
revised and updated edition of Michael Wood's classic book overturns
preconceptions of the Dark Ages as a shadowy and brutal era, showing them to be
a richly exciting and formative period in the history of Britain.; 'With In Search of the Dark Ages, Michael Wood wrote the book for history
on TV.' - The Times; 'Michael Wood is the maker of some of the best TV documentaries ever made
on history and archaeology.' - Times Literary Supplement
