Research Catalog

Title

Saxons, Vikings, and Celts : the genetic roots of Britain and Ireland / Bryan Sykes.

Author

Sykes, Bryan

Publication

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2006.

Details

Description

xvii, 306 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subject

• Human population genetics > Great Britain > Popular works
• Human genetics > Popular works
• Genetics, Population > Great Britain > Popular Works

Note

• Includes index.
• "Originally published in Great Britain under the title Blood of the Isles: exploring the genetic roots of our tribal history"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes index.

Contents

Twelve thousand years of solitude -- Who do we think we are? -- The resurgent Celts -- The skull snatchers -- The blood bankers -- The silent messengers -- The nature of the evidence -- Ireland -- The DNA of Ireland -- Scotland -- The Picts -- The DNA of Scotland -- Wales -- The DNA of Wales -- England -- Saxons, Danes, Vikings and Normans -- The DNA of England -- The blood of the Isles.

ISBN

• 9780393062687 (hardcover)
• 0393062686 (hardcover)

LCCN

2006033178

OCLC

74568210

Author

Sykes, Bryan.

Title

Saxons, Vikings, and Celts : the genetic roots of Britain and Ireland / Bryan Sykes.

Imprint

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2006.

Edition

1st American ed.

Bibliography

Includes index.

Connect to:

Table of contents only

Added Author

Sykes, Bryan. Blood of the Isles.