The Bone Chests
- Author Cat Jarman
- Narrator Cat Jarman
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 14 September 2023
- Run Time 10 hours and 1 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Archaeology by period / region, Battlefield archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, European history: the Normans, European history: the Vikings, History, Social and cultural history.
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What to expect
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
‘A diligent historian and a superb writer’ THE TIMES
A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation.
In December 1642, during the Civil War, Parliamentarian troops stormed Winchester Cathedral and smashed ten beautifully decorated wooden chests to the ground, using the bones inside as missiles to shatter the cathedral’s stained glass windows. Afterwards, the clergy scrambled to collect the scattered remains: the bones of ancient kings, bishops and one formidable queen.
Bestselling historian Cat Jarman builds on the ground-breaking work of forensic archaeologists to lead us through more than a millennium of history. Alongside the cutting-edge investigation to unlock the bones' secrets, this is a thrilling and sometimes tragic tale. It tells the story of both the seekers and the sought, of those who protected the bones and those who spurned them.
Critics Review
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Beguiling ... I adored [River Kings] so felt like a young boy on Christmas morning when I first opened The Bone Chests ... Jarman's investigation has something of a Dan Brown quest to it ... she's a diligent historian and a superb writer'
The Times
'This is the best kind of popular history, retelling the story of early medieval England with an equally good grasp of textual sources, archaeology and forensic analysis, and a love of Winchester'
Ronald Hutton
'Through their story, we can recapture the spirit of the Anglo-Saxon age and, as Jarman writes, learn about the 'past lives of people who were a little bit like us, who lived, loved, and left an imprint on the generations that came after them', and who in their vexing anonymity encourage us to find out more'
Literary Review
'An engaging account of England's pre-Conquest monarchs, from famous figured such as Alfred the Great to long-forgotten kings Cynegils and Centwine'
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PRAISE FOR RIVER KINGS:
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER (September 2021)
Waterstones Book of the Month (October 2021)
'A masterly history ... River Kings is a mystery and an adventure, the tale of a quest that took Jarman from Repton to Scandinavia, across the Baltic Sea, over to Baghdad and finally to India. I was held captive ... In addition to being a wonderful writer, Jarman is a skilled bioarchaeologist ... River Kings is like a classical symphony, perfectly composed and exquisitely performed. Tiny trills of detail give way to pounding drums of drama'
Gerard deGroot, Times
'Cat Jarman will transform the way you think about the Vikings' Dan Snow
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