Gives an introduction to the history and archaeology of the first strategic bombing campaign in history - the Zeppelin raids over Britain in 1915-1918 - based on excavations and archive research. This book presents the story of the first Blitz and the first Battle of Britain, featuring a report on the first excavation of a Zeppelin crash site.

Product Description: The Roman Empire is widely admired as a model of civilisation. In this compelling new study Neil Faulkner argues that in fact, it was nothing more than a ruthless system of robbery and violence. War was used to enrich the state, the imperial ruling classes and favoured client groups...read more

Why did Rome abandon Britain in the early 5th century? According to Neil Faulkner, the centralized, military-bureaucratic state, governed by a class of super-rich landlords and apparatchiks, had siphoned wealth out of the province, with the result that the towns declined and the countryside was depressed. When the army withdrew to defend the imperial heartlands, the remaining Romano-British elite succumbed to a combination of warlord power, barbarian attack, and popular revolt.

Product Description: In Hidden Treasures, the reader is engaged in the process of discovery as we follow real archaeological finds that provide a picture of our mysterious past. Through beautiful archaeological artifacts, such as iron swords, enamelled brooches, and coin hoards, we piece together what the ancient site represented, and this leads to clues about the life of the people who lived there...read more