Geoffrey Ashe Livres

Arthurian expert Geoffrey Ashe presents an investigation into the legend of King Arthur that broke the deadlock that earlier research had reached and gave Arthur a firmer status in history.

The fascination of Merlin, King Arthur's magician, recorded in legend and literature, is here considered by Geoffrey Ashe in this academic study. This text also comes in a smaller size (210 x 240mm) at #2.99.

It attacks all the problems which have gathered around Arthur and te Grail legend, and makes what is perhaps the first coherent and cogent narrative out of the whole tangle - OBSERVER Geoffrey Ashe is a shaker of establishment archaeology and ancient history and as such does scholars a good service - GLYN DANIEL Crisp, imaginative and contemporary...a book that will madden the academic historian and delight th ecommon reader... - SUNDAY TIMES

Geoffrey Ashe has assembled an account of the Hell-Fire Clubs and of their antecedents and descendants. It follows the libertarian tradition through de Sade and into the 20th century, with discussions of Aleister Crowley, Charles Manson and Timothy Leary.

The mythical lost island of Atlantis has preoccupied thinkers from Plato to Rudolf Steiner (and a fair number of eccentrics as well) for more than two thousand years.

Retells the legendary history of Britain by recounting stories and legends from the dark centuries of British prehistory to the 9th century AD - tales of giants and fairies, druids and saints, King Lear, King Arthur and Old King Cole, all interrelated and presented with fresh significance.

Mystische Rätsel, Magie und Geheimlehren aus Britannien!§Die Mythologie der britischen Inseln von der Prähistorie bis zum 9. Jahrhundert nach Christus. Alles über Riesen, Feen, Druiden, Stonehenge, König Lear, Gwendolen, Gwyn und das Feenvolk, Merlin, Arthur, Camelot, Lancelot...§Alle Legenden stehen miteinander in enger Beziehung und gewinnen durch historische und archäologische Forschungen neue Aussagekraft und Vitalität. Die Inhalte der Sagen und Legenden werden gründlich und ohne vorgefasste Meinungen und Theorien analysiert und zu einem klaren System zusammengefasst. Mit sehr reichhaltig und sachkundig ausgewählter Bebilderung.

Hatte König Artus (Arthur), der Herr auf Camelot und Held der mittelalterlichen Sage, ein historisches Vorbild? Der britische Verfasser bietet nach jahrelangem Studium antiker Quellen und archäologischer Zeugnisse eine mögliche Antwort.