The Isle of Man
Subtitle: portrait of a nation
By: John Grimson
Publisher: Robert Hale
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780709081036; 9780709090021
Subjects: History; Description and travel; Geology; Travel
Description: Tells the story of the island's evolution, from its geological birth pangs in the Cambrian period of pre-history, some 500 million years ago, through successive waves of Stone-Age, Bronze-Age and Celtic Iron-Age settlers, to the Viking raids and settlements of the 8th to 13th centuries, and much more.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-570) and index.