Blood and Mistletoe : The History of the Druids in Britain - Ronald Hutton

Blood and Mistletoe

The History of the Druids in Britain

Author: Ronald Hutton

Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon

At a Glance

Published: 11th February 2025

Digital Audiobook


$58.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $14.75 with

 or 

OR

Free With 30 Day Trial

Audiobook subscription $12.99/mo after 30 day trial. Cancel anytime.

Instant Digital Delivery to your Booktopia Reader App

Listen on
IOS
Android

The acclaimed author of Witches, Druids, and King Arthur presents a "lucid, open-minded" cultural history of the Druids as part of British identity (Terry Jones).

Crushed by the Romans in the first century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain left almost no reliable evidence behind. Historian Ronald Hutton shows how this lack of definite information has allowed succeeding British generations to reimagine, reinterpret, and reinvent the Druids. Hutton's captivating book is the first to encompass two thousand years of Druid history and to explore the evolution of English, Scottish, and Welsh attitudes toward the forever ambiguous figures of the ancient Celtic world.

Druids have been remembered at different times as patriots, scientists, philosophers, or priests. Sometimes portrayed as corrupt, bloodthirsty, or ignorant, they were also seen as fomenters of rebellion. Hutton charts how the Druids have been written in and out of history, archaeology, and the public consciousness for some 500 years, with particular focus on the romantic period, when Druids completely dominated notions of British prehistory. Sparkling with legends, filled with new perspectives on ancient and modern times, this fascinating cultural study reveals Druids as catalysts in British history.

Listen on
IOS
Android

More in British & Irish History

Rot : A History of the Irish Famine - Stephen Hogan

DIGITAL AUDIO

$44.99

Dianaworld : An Obsession - Edward White

DIGITAL AUDIO

Digital Audiobook

$27.99

SAS 101 - Titch Cormack

DIGITAL AUDIO

Digital Audiobook

$27.99