Cat Jarman

A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR A diligent historian and a superb writer THE TIMESA 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

PRE ORDER NOW AND JOIN BESTSELLING AUTHORS REVEREND RICHARD COLES CHARLES SPENCER AND PROFESSOR CAT JARMAN DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE Have you ever wondered why pubs have certain names Or why jet lag exists Or perhaps you have speculated about the origin of the paperclip If any of these ring true or if you can relate to spending far too much time down an internet rabbit hole then you are in the right place this is the book for you Trivia lovers and general knowledge enthusiasts rejoice as we introduce the first book from the trio behind the hit history podcast The Rabbit Hole Detectives Join your favourite investigators Richard Coles Charles Spencer and Cat Jarman as they uncover the weird and wonderful provenance behind your favourite and surprising historical objects both real and metaphorical Forensically researched beautifully observed and using humour and their vast historical knowledge The Rabbit Hole Detectives Book is a feast of historical trivia and unknown facts Packed full with a stimulating and moreish mix of longer entries lists trivia amazing factoids and hysterical banter this book is addictive fun and endlessly informative Whatever you think you know guess again

A WARREN OF WEIRD AND WONDERFUL FACTS AND TALES RESCUED FROM OBSCURITY The first trivia book from the team behind the hit history podcast The Rabbit Hole Detectives investigating all manner of weird and wonderful facts and stories you never knew you wanted to know Compulsively dip in able The Times Ever fallen down a rabbit hole Ever got lost chasing a fact a hunch or a curious piece of cultural ephemera Then the Rabbit Hole Detectives Richard Coles Cat Jarman and Charles Spencer are here to do the burrowing for you Why were eight WWII Hurricane fighter planes buried in Ukraine What have chimpanzees to do with the invention of toilet paper How many dynamite sticks should not be used to blow up a whale Which ancient civilisation liked a short tongue and a shaved head The Rabbit Hole Book follows Richard Cat and Charles as they investigate and elucidate weird and wonderful curiosities from history telling stories that are as often dumbfounding as they are gripping as unexpected as they are hilarious or deeply moving

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF 2021'Astonishing and compelling' Bernard Cornwell'Replete with witches, human sacrifice, Greek fire and funeral orgies... one of the most thrilling works of archaeological detective work I have ever read' William Dalrymple, FTFollow bioarchaeologist Cat Jarman - and the cutting-edge forensic techniques central to her research - as she uncovers epic stories of the Viking age and follows a small 'Carnelian' bead found in a Viking grave in Derbyshire to its origins thousands of miles to the east in Gujarat.

El épico relato de las aventuras orientales de los vikingos. La época vikinga empieza con el saqueo del monasterio de Lindisfarne en el 793. A partir de ese momento, los vikingos asolan costas y ríos de Europa, desde Escandinavia hasta la propia peninsula iberica. Sin embargo, en 2017, una gema hallada en un yacimiento arqueologico cambio para siempre la historia de los vikingos. Se trataba de una cornalina procedente de la India. ¿Era posible que los vikingos hubieran viajado tan lejos? ¿Como habia llegado hasta Europa esa pequeña cuenta? Cat Jarman, bioarqueologa y arqueologa especializada en la epoca vikinga, rastrea el viaje de esa misteriosa gema desde Guyarat, en la India, hasta las islas britanicas, y nos demuestra que, mas alla de Europa occidental, los vikingos remontaron el Dnieper hasta el mar Negro y el Volga hasta el Caspio, tejiendo una red comercial y humana que unio Europa y Asia, y a la que los vikingos, hombres y mujeres, se lanzaron en busca de riquezas, poder, aventuras o, sencillamente, de una nueva vida. En sus viajes entraron en contacto y comerciaron con grandes reinos, combatieron como formidables guerreros al servicio de emperadores e incluso fundaron una dinastia. De lectura apasionante, Los reyes del rio nos ofrece una vision nueva y espectacularmente mas amplia de los vikingos y del mundo medieval, y nos abre los ojos a una epoca fascinante.

El épico relato de las aventuras orientales de los vikingos La época vikinga empieza con el saqueo del monasterio de Lindisfarne en el 793. A partir de ese momento, los vikingos asolan costas y ríos