Kings and Queens of Early Britain

An updated and revised edition of Geoffrey Ashe's enjoyable investigation of Britain's monarchs, from its earliest legendary rulers such as Bran the Blessed and King Lear, to the kings and queens of Roman Britain, including Boudicca, and Alfred in the 9th century. Drawing on archaeological and documentary evidence, Ashe identifies real and imagined rulers from Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain and Gildas , including King Arthur and other powerful figures in the histories of England, Scotland and Wales. The study vividly recreates the political struggles and religious conflicts of Roman and Anglo-Saxon Britain.