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Book I: Year of the Celt: Imbolc is also available in print. Limited first edition now on sale here.
Winter 499 BC
| the ice sheets are coming, driving all before them. Deer, wolves and people flee the encroaching snow and ice.
In their wake is death, betrayal, love and hope. A small village of the Brigantes tribe in northern England will be changed forever.
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This is their story…
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Year of the Celt is a saga set in the years 499-498 BC. It's a story of ordinary people struggling to cope in a changing world.
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What people are saying about it:
Amazon:
"So, what happened as the last Ice Age dawned, how did early man cope, and what did he do?
Year of the Celt: Imbolc will give you an insight into early man's struggle to come to terms with what we now call climate change. It may be fictional - I doubt whether the author is writing a first hand account - but it gives us a peek into human nature, as well as the world of the time.
Well written with excellent characterisation and story lines.Download it today,you may learn something about the indomitable nature of the human spirit.
Looking forward to the next instalment.."
R JAskew Goodreads blogger (extracts):
"Two themes dominate this fine piece of historical fiction set 2,500 years ago: savage winter weather and immigration.
Everything has changed in the last 2,500 years, yet nothing has changed. This was one of the things that made Year of the Celt: Imbolc such a fascinating read, the familiarity of the issues facing Callan, Weland and Sealgair. The red-haired tyke having a row with a Polish guy over a parking space at his local Sainsbury's in Bingley could easily be Sealgair.
I enjoyed Year of the Celt: Imbolc It caught my imagination early on and led my curiosity throughout. I grew to like some of the characters and shared their concerns for their future. They felt very human, very real, as did the problems they were struggling to survive. Morbod, a grumpy boatman on the River Lune, and Maccus, a myopic but sage old stone carver were esp well drawn secondary characters.
Another aspect of the story that won me was that it was about a village at the back of nowhere. There must have been thousands of such places facing such survival issues in our history.
The story is well constructed also. The first two thirds fascinate and jog along nicely, with some great action, but it is in the last third from Chapter 22 onwards that things really take off as the consequences of the stresses facing the characters come to a climax.
I commend Year of the Celt: Imbolc to you. "
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Iron Age Wharfedale
Who really lived there in 499BC? - Iron Age people living in what was to become Otley have been labelled by us as Celts - but they would have seen themselves as the Scevinge (the people below the Scefin ridge). Their allegiance was to the greater Brigantia tribe that spread right across the pennines. Read more..
What did they leave behind? - Although few day-to-day artifacts have been unearthed, there are literally hundreds of ancient carved stones, especially on the high valley sides. Several significant earth structures remain as well as recently excavated walled enclosures. On the walking pages is a series of walks where you can visit some of the stones and sites mentioned in the book. New carvings are being found all the time; you may well discover one for yourself.
Read more..
Who is Rob Godfrey?
Rob wrote the first book over a year starting in the summer of 2011. He has been a university lecturer, programmer, web designer, but always a gardener.
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