Dark Ages

(Also see the listing of related Osprey military history references)

The MacMillan Atlas of Irish History, by Sean Duffy, Thomas Crean, Brendan Smith (IDG Books, Nov. 1997). Hardcover, 144 pages. (See Paul Rice's Review)

The Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga, by William Fitzhugh and Elisabeth Ward, editors (Smithsonian, April 2000). Hardcover, 416 pages.

A History of Wales, by John Davies. (Penguin, March 1995, reprint edition). Paperback, 718 pages.

The Age of Conquest: Wales, 1063-1415 - A History of Wales, by R. R. Davies. (Oxford University Press, March 1991, reprint edition). Paperback, 530 pages.

Alfred the Great : War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England (Medieval World), by Richard Philip Abels (Longman Pub., Dec. 1998). Hardcover, 376 pages. Also available in softcover edition. (Outstanding general history of Alfred and the Middle-Saxons)

Barbarian Warriors : Saxons, Vikings, Normans (Brassey's History of Uniforms), by Dan and Susanna Shadrake (Brassey, Sept. 1997). 144 pages, hard cover.

The Barbarian Invasions : History of the Art of War, Vol. 2, by Hans Delbruck, Walter J. Renfroe (Translator) (Univ. of Nebraska Press, March 1990). Softcover.

[NEW!] Celtic Warriors : The Armies of One of the First Great Peoples in Europe, by Daithi O'Hogain (Dunne Books, May 1999). 128 pages, with 178 photos, maps & charts.

The Early Slavs : Eastern Europe from the Initial Settlement to the Kievan Rus, by Pavel M. Dodlukhanov (Addison-Wesley, August 1996). Hardcover, 237 pages. (Also available in softcover).

The Emergence of Rus 750-1200 AD (Longman History of Russia), by Simon Franklin (Addison-Wesley, May 1996). Softcover.

The Jews of Khazaria by Kevin Alan Brook, (Jason Aronson, Inc., Oct. 2002). Softcover. (See publisher's review.)

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings (Penguin Historical Atlases), by John Haywood (Penguin USA, Sept. 1995). Softcover.

The Viking Art of War (Greenhill Military Paperback) by Paddy Griffith (Stackpole, Oct. 1998). 224 pages, softcover.

Vladimir: The Russian Viking, by Vladimir Volkoff (Overlook Press, Dec. 1988). Softcover, 384 pages.

Warriors of the Dark Ages by Lloyd and Jennifer Laing (Sutton Pub., May 2000). 224 pages, hardcover. (Note: This book provides very informative capsule histories of the various peoples who overran the Roman empire, with seperate chapters on the Franks, Vandals, Goths, Huns, etc. Geared more for historical interest than for gaming.)

Somerled: And the Emergence of Gaelic Scotland by John Marsen, (Tuckwell Press, 2001). 212 pages, softcover.

A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3500 BC - 1603 AD by Simon Shama (Talk Miramax Books, Oct. 2000). Hardcover, 450 pages.

Wars of the Irish Kings : A Thousand Years of Struggle, from the Age of Myth Through the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I by David W. McCullough (Crown Pub., Oct. 2000). Hardcover, 400 pages.

The Picts and the Scots by Lloyd and Jennifer Laing (Sutton Publishing, March 2002). Softcover, 250 pages.

The Age of the Picts by W. W. Cummings (Sutton Publishing, Feb. 1998). Softcover. Also available in hardcover edition (Sutton Publish, Sept. 1997).

Roman Britain and Early England: 55 BC - 871 AD by Peter Blair (Norton, Oct. 1966). Softcover.

An Age of Tyrants: Britain and the Bretons AD 400-600 by Christopher Snyder (Penn State Press, June 1998). Hardcover, 320 pages.

The History of the Britons by Nennius (British Amer Books, June 1986). Softcover.

The Real King Arthur: A History of Post Roman Britain: 410-593 AD by P. F. K. Turner (SKS Publishing, Dec. 1993). Softcover. 2 volumes.

Atlas of the Celtic World by John Hayward (Thames and Hudson, Nov. 2001). Softcover. 144 pages.

Historical Atlas of the Celtic World by Angus Konstam (Checkmark Pub., Nov. 2001). Hardcover.

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