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    The best books on Prehistory, recommended by Tim White

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    The best books on Prehistory - Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin

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    Voyage of the Beagle
    by Charles Darwin

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    The best books on Prehistory - On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

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    On the Origin of Species
    by Charles Darwin

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    The best books on Prehistory - The Journals of Lewis and Clark by Bernard DeVoto (editor)

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    The Journals of Lewis and Clark
    by Bernard DeVoto (editor)

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    The best books on Prehistory - The First Human by Ann Gibbons

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    The First Human
    by Ann Gibbons

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    The best books on Prehistory - Missing Links by John Reader

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    Missing Links
    by John Reader

The best books on Prehistory, recommended by Tim White

Paleoanthropologist Tim White tells us about his work investigating the origins of homo sapiens and explains what a 4.4 million-year-old skeleton he found in Africa tells us about our common past.

    The best books on The Celts, recommended by Simon Young

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    The best books on The Celts - The Celts by Barry Cunliffe

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    The Celts
    by Barry Cunliffe

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    The best books on The Celts - In Search of the Dark Ages by Michael Wood

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    In Search of the Dark Ages
    by Michael Wood

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    The best books on The Celts - Concepts of Arthur by Tom Green

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    Concepts of Arthur
    by Tom Green

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    The best books on The Celts - The Trials of Arthur by Arthur Pendragon and Chris James

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    The Trials of Arthur
    by Arthur Pendragon and Chris James

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    The best books on The Celts - Life of St Columba by Adomnan of Iona & Richard Sharpe

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    Life of St Columba
    by Adomnan of Iona & Richard Sharpe

The best books on The Celts, recommended by Simon Young

Writer and Dark Age historian delves into five books on Celtic history, and talks about the challenge of separating history from legend. One priority for any Dark Age historian, he says, is “to avoid these awful bogs”

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