Lost Gold of the Dark Ages: War, Treasure, and the Mystery of the Saxons

by Caroline Alexander and Kevin Leahy

Book Overview

In July 2009 an amateur metal-detecting enthusiast made an astonishing find: 1500 pieces of bejeweled gold and silver almost 1500 years old, buried, lost, then forgotten. The treasure trove promises to shed unprecedented light on the most mysterious period of British history-the so-called Dark Ages-when the Saxons, Anglos, Celts, Picts, Jutes, and Vikings battled for control of the British Isles and a mish mash of peoples evolved into a homogenous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1426208146
• ISBN13: 9781426208140
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 9.4"