Blood of the Celts (2015)

[Jean M]

I am starting a new thread for my new book, as the last thread had to be closed.

I just want to give out the latest information from my publisher. Blood of the Celts will be released in eBook format simultaneously with the hardback. That will be 7 September 2015 in the UK and 6 October 2015 in the US.

Pre-order sales have been high. Amazon.com has it labelled today as the #1 new release in archaeology. So thank you to everyone for your confidence in the as yet unknown content.

[Jean M]

A reminder of the content.

My approach is novel. I start not in prehistory, but with the earliest literature in any Celtic language, which was written in the British Isles. So the Celts tell us about themselves from the start. Then I track backwards in detective mode to uncover their deep ancestry, at which point we turn forwards again in time to follow their story right up to modern times. Chapter headings and subheadings:

Prologue
Timeline
Deduced timeline for the prehistory of the Celts
Timeline for the historic Celts
1: The voices of the Celts
Heroic ideals
Druids
Pseudo-history
Genetics: the first clues
Overview
2: The Gauls and Celtic
Chariots
Trump of war
Migration mystery
Genetics: ancient DNA
Overview
3: Bell Beakers and language
The bell-shaped pot
Way of life and death
Mobility
Genetics: Y-DNA R1b-P312
Celtic and Italic languages
Italo-Celtic
Old European IE (Alteuropäisch)
Overview
4: The Indo-European family
Indo-European homeland
From Siberia to Europe
Genetics: Mal'ta boy
Genetics: three main sources for Europeans
The Indo-European lifestyle
Indo-European dispersal
Overview
5: Stelae to Bell Beaker
People of stone
The stelae trail
Linking Stelae to Bell Beaker
The origins of Bell Beaker pottery
Bell Beaker routes and the development of Celtic
Bronze Age mobility
Genetics: R1b flows into the British Isles
Overview
6: The iron sword
Steppe nomads
Hallstatt aristocrats
Celtic caught in transition
La Tène warriors
Shape-shifting art
Oppida
Overview
7: On the move
The forces driving expansion
The surge southward
Iberia: the tangled skein
Genetics: Traces of the spread of the Gauls?
La Tène in the British Isles
Genetics: Traces of the spread of La Tène to Ireland?
Belgae in Britain
Overview
8: Celts vs Romans
Cisalpine Gauls
The struggle for Iberia
Caesar's conquest of Gaul
Britannia
Genetics: The Picts
Pagan Picts and Scots
Overview
9: Christian Celts
Ogham
Irish in Dyfed
Genetics: Déisi Mumhan
Early Christian Ireland
Genetics: The Cruthin
Anglo-Saxons and Britons
Genetics: Britons and Anglo-Saxons
Kingdoms of Wales
Britons abroad
Christian Picts and Scots
Overview
10: Loss and revival
Immigrants and emigrants medieval to modern
The dominance of English
Rediscovering a forgotten family
A passion for Celtic
Political pressures
Celtosceptism
Back to the future
Overview
Appendix: Surnames and DNA
Genetics: Irvine surname
Origins of surnames
Descendants of Brian Boru
Genetics: Descendants of Brian Boru
Royal Stewart line
Genetics: Royal Stewart
Clan MacFarlane
Genetics: MacFarlane

Notes
Bibliography

[Jean M]

There have been queries here and on Facebook about translations. Thus far I know of none. It will depend on the willingness of non-English publishers to publish the book in translation.

[Volat]

I am starting a new thread for my new book, as the last thread had to be closed.

I just want to give out the latest information from my publisher. Blood of the Celts will be released in eBook format simultaneously with the hardback. That will be 7 September 2015 in the UK and 6 October 2015 in the US.

Pre-order sales have been high. Amazon.com has it labelled today as the #1 new release in archaeology. So thank you to everyone for your confidence in the as yet unknown content.

I was considering to buy a book on the Celts for some time. I'd purchase a copy of your book. I also find your posts in many discussions informative each time I visit this forum.

[Jessie]

I've just placed my order. I'm looking forward to reading it and seeing discussions on here about the book.

[MT1976]

Congratulations Jean on what seems already a great success. I look forward to reading it.

[Jean M]

I've just placed my order. I'm looking forward to reading it and seeing discussions on here about the book.

I think I can safely promise discussions on here. I only hope people can restrain themselves from arguing with it before they have read it!

Several people here contributed to it: Richard Rocca supplied four DNA maps, three of them repeated from Ancestral Journeys, but one new. In a couple of threads here I requested ideas on the Y-DNA relationship with surnames and on R1b-DF27. It was helpful to have discussion.

[cal]

JUST REMEMBER .THERE ARE GIVERS AND TAKERS . STAY POSITIVE . YOU CAN'T MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY . I WILL GET ONE . WILL IT COME OUT IN HARDBACK ? AND DO YOU KNOW THE PRICE RANGE ? THANK YOU . CAL

[Jean M]

YOU CAN'T MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY.

So true. So, so true. It's OK. I'm not in a bunker sewing myself a flak-jacket. I just plan to be somewhere in the sun and away from computers when it hits the shelves. After that I shall be in good shape to cope with the comeback.

WILL IT COME OUT IN HARDBACK ? AND DO YOU KNOW THE PRICE RANGE ?

Yes it is coming out first in hardback and eBook. Looks like a good deal from the Book Depository: http://www.bookdepository.com/Blood-.../9780500051832

[cal]

i will visiting my daughter in henley this fall . i hope you find a place that is sunny . see said it is raining cats and dogs today in henley. thank you for the link . if it comes out in a searchable disk i will buy it also . live life -have fun - be happy . YOU EARNED IT . cal