Tyrants and Traders: Tintagel, Arthur and the Lost Kings

Discover exciting new research illuminating the most mysterious centuries of British history. How Roman Britain ended is one of the most controversial questions in British history.Unique among former Roman citizens in Western Europe, the Britons established long-lived kingdoms, resisting ‘barbarian’ political takeover for centuries.Yet so little is known of them from written records that even the names of most of their kings are effectively lost to history. Packed with the latest discoveries and ground-breaking research, Professor Ken Dark brings the fascinating, but mysterious, world of these rulers and their kingdoms to life.Archaeological evidence, along with re-analysis of the few existing texts, reveals an unexpectedly sophisticated society, connected to a wider international network of trade and cultural contacts than might until recently have seemed imaginable.Ken Dark demonstrates through the latest archaeological discoveries that Tintagel - an eroded coastal stronghold in Corn