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    Britain 3000 BC

    Rodney Castleden

    Rodney Castleden explores the purpose of great prehistoric projects like Avebury and Stonehenge and the nature of the society which built them

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    History of Seaford

    Rodney Castleden

    The first full history of Seaford in Sussex, this book covers the development of the port shortly after the Norman Conquest and its rise to Cinque Port status in the…

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    The Seaford Axe Hoard

    Rodney Castleden

    The fascinating story of the discovery and rediscovery of a unique prehistoric stone axe hoard. The 15 flint axes were found in 1986, but then forgotten and only displayed as…

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    Selmeston Church

    Rodney Castleden

    An historical guide to Selmeston Church in Sussex and its setting. The church looks like a medieval church, but was rebuilt from the ground up in the nineteenth century by…

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    Wilmington Church

    Rodney Castleden

    A guide to the history of Wilmington church in Sussex and its setting. The book includes the architectural history of the church and the ruined priory right next to it…

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    Alciston Church

    Rodney Castleden

    An historical guide to Alciston church and the surrounding area. The manor of Alciston is unusual in having only two owners since the Norman Conquest, Battle Abbey and the Gage…

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    Arlington Church

    Rodney Castleden

    Arlington in Sussex is an enigma - a large church and churchyard serving a tiny hamlet. What happened here? This historical guide has the church as its focus, but explores…

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    Berwick Church

    Rodney Castleden

    Berwick church in Sussex is renowned for its wall paintings by Duncan Grant and other artists in the Bloomsbury Group. But the church also has a fascinating earlier history. It…

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    Garden of Memory

    Rodney Castleden

    A complete record of all the inscriptions in the church and churchyard at Wilmington in Sussex. Wilmington is steeped in history and folklore. Stories of the church, the priory next…

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    The Cuckmere Pilgrim Path

    Rodney Castleden

    The book describes the route of the Cuckmere Pilgrim Path, a 14 mile round walk through the Sussex countryside. The path links seven churches and the Long Man, a chalk…

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    In love and faith

    Rodney Castleden

    The book reviews the history of Arlington Church and Churchyard in Sussex, and gives the full record of all the inscriptions on the site, together with plans, photos and indexes…

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    The Winfrith Letters

    Rodney Castleden

    A story of a collaboration. A series of letters between the co-writers of 'Winfrith' (an historian and a composer) shows how a music drama came into being. All the stresses…

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    The Knossos Labyrinth: A New View of the “Palace of Minos’ at Knossos

    Rodney Castleden

    The first excavators of the lost site of Knossos in the nineteenth century saw the site through the eyes of the classical authors. Rodney Castleden gives an alternative insight into…

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    Neolithic Britain: New Stone Age sites of England, Scotland and Wales

    Rodney Castleden

    The climax of the Stone Age in Britain, the Neolithic period (4700-2000BC), was a period of startling achievement.

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    The Wilmington Giant

    Rodney Castleden

    This is the first book to have been written about the Long Man of Wilmington. Many different theories about the Long Man's origins are discussed and evaluated. The book is…

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    Neolithic Britain: New Stone Age sites of England, Scotland and Wales

    Rodney Castleden

    The climax of the Stone Age in Britain, the Neolithic period (4700-2000BC), was a period of startling achievement.

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    The Sussex Coast

    Rodney Castleden

    The Sussex coast has attracted people for thousands of years - for foraging, fishing, trade and defence, and more recently for retirement and leisure. Settlements are destroyed as the sea…

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    On Blatchington Beach

    Rodney Castleden

    The biography of part of the Sussex coast is told for the first time: the central stretch of Seaford Bay. The coastline of East Blatchington parish is less than a…

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    Forlorn and Widowed

    Rodney Castleden

    The story of Seaford in the French Wars, 1793 to 1815, based on contemporary sources, including historic maps, court books, diaries and newspaper reports of the time. Seaford was a…

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    Genius!

    Rodney Castleden

    How do we identify a brilliant mind? IQ? Achievement? Originality? This book tells the stories of 50 people whose brilliance, achievement and originality changed the way we live, or the…

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    On Blatchington Hill

    Rodney Castleden

    The story of a small Sussex Downland village is told for the first time. Using a wide range of sources, including historic maps, house histories, old letters and personal reminiscences…

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    Minoans: Life in Bronze Age Crete

    Rodney Castleden

    Bang up to date, and thoroughly researched, Rodney Castleden’s Minoans: Life in Bronze Age Crete here sues the results of recent research to produce a comprehensive new vision of the…

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    The Stonehenge People: An Exploration of Life in Neolithic Britain 4700-2000 BC

    Rodney Castleden

    Of all the monuments left by the past, Stonehenge is the most evocative, the most memorable and the most mysterious. Whilst the monuments of other cultures have gradually surrendered their…

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    Atlantis Destroyed

    Rodney Castleden

    Fired by the imagination a new vision of Atlantis has arisen over the last one hundred and fifty years as a lost utopia. Rodney Castleden discusses why this picture arose…

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    Atlantis Destroyed

    Rodney Castleden

    Fired by the imagination a new vision of Atlantis has arisen over the last one hundred and fifty years as a lost utopia. Rodney Castleden discusses why this picture arose…

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    The Stonehenge People: An Exploration of Life in Neolithic Britain 4700-2000 BC

    Rodney Castleden

    Of all the monuments left by the past, Stonehenge is the most evocative, the most memorable and the most mysterious. Whilst the monuments of other cultures have gradually surrendered their…

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    King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend

    Rodney Castleden

    King Arthur is often written off as a medieval fantasy, the dream of those yearning for an age of strong rulers and a contented kingdom. In a quest for the…

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    King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend

    Rodney Castleden

    In his quest for the real King Arthur, Rodney Castleden uses archaeological and documentary evidence to recreate the history and society of Dark Age Britain.

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    Minoans: Life in Bronze Age Crete

    Rodney Castleden

    Rodney Castledon uses the results of recent archaeological research to produce a readable and comprehensive new vision of the peoples of Minoan Crete, one of Europe’s most fascinating peoples.

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    The Mycenaeans

    Rodney Castleden

    In addition the causes of the end of their civilization are discussed. The book is an indispensable starting point for the study of the Greek Bronze Age. Full bibliography and…

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    The Mycenaeans

    Rodney Castleden

    In addition the causes of the end of their civilization are discussed. The book is an indispensable starting point for the study of the Greek Bronze Age. Full bibliography and…

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    The Knossos Labyrinth: A New View of the “Palace of Minos’ at Knossos

    Rodney Castleden

    The first excavators of the lost site of Knossos in the nineteenth century saw the site through the eyes of the classical authors. Rodney Castleden gives an alternative insight into…

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    The Making of Stonehenge

    Rodney Castleden

    Castleden suggests that there is no one “meaning’ or "purpose’ for Stonehenge, that from its very beginning it has filled a variety of needs.

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    The Making of Stonehenge

    Rodney Castleden

    Castleden suggests that there is no one “meaning’ or "purpose’ for Stonehenge, that from its very beginning it has filled a variety of needs.

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    The Attack on Troy

    Rodney Castleden

    Historical investigation of the Trojan War with fascinating analysis of the literary and archaeological evidence.

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    Attack on Troy

    Rodney Castleden

    3,300 years ago, Agamemnon, king of Mycenae in Greece, attacked the city of Troy. The bloody siege that followed gave rise to one of the most famous legends of the…

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    Shadows flee away

    Rodney Castleden, Ann Murray

    Selmeston in Sussex was a settlement long before the Saxons arrived, even though it has a Saxon name. Eight thousand years ago, stone age houses stood close to the site…

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    Into the Light

    Rodney Castleden, Ann Murray

    Alciston's church dates back to Saxon times, but after the Norman Conquest the village was run from Battle Abbey. It became prosperous under a progressive sheep-and-corn system. When Battle Abbey…

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