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Stonehenge
by Bernard Cornwell
"One summer's day a stranger carrying a great wealth in gold comes to the settlement. He is killed by one of the chief's sons in the old temple. The mysterious treasure, assumed by some to be a gift from the gods, causes great dissension within the tribe. Three brothers percieve it in a different way but they share one dream. Lengar, the warrior, knows it can fuel his ambition to be a great ruler and take power for his tribe. The second son has the vision to see that the building of a vast temple will create a place for the gods but also confirm the power of the people who built it. But it is the third son, the man of peace, the lover of the sun bride, who will be the creator and the master-builder of the Temple of Shadows." (back cover)
And so begins a tale of the creation of what we now call Stonehenge, a magnificent circle (and more) of capped standing stones miles inland in the south of England, made of stone brought from Wales in a time when there was no machinery to do the heavy lifting and shifting - and no calculators to work out how it should be done - and placed with precision so that the sun is seen to rise and set between certain markers from a certain point at specific times of the year.
We will never know, of course, what really happened back then, but Cornwell creates a great tale of ambition, greed and love woven around the known facts, which he also discusses briefly at the end of the book.
Cornwell is known for writing series, but this is a standalone novel.
I enjoyed this book a lot, and have no hesitation in recommending it to others.
And so begins a tale of the creation of what we now call Stonehenge, a magnificent circle (and more) of capped standing stones miles inland in the south of England, made of stone brought from Wales in a time when there was no machinery to do the heavy lifting and shifting - and no calculators to work out how it should be done - and placed with precision so that the sun is seen to rise and set between certain markers from a certain point at specific times of the year.
We will never know, of course, what really happened back then, but Cornwell creates a great tale of ambition, greed and love woven around the known facts, which he also discusses briefly at the end of the book.
Cornwell is known for writing series, but this is a standalone novel.
I enjoyed this book a lot, and have no hesitation in recommending it to others.