Imagine a book in which a man has a conversation with history. This is how I came to see this work. Richard Morris is an English archaeologist, and this is, in many ways, about the deep history of England. Morris makes the point that history is always changing, as we find new things, or come to see old things in new ways. He writes about Stonehenge, cave paintings and the lives of prehistoric people; he also puts himself and his own family in the picture. There’s a moment when he writes the phrase “350 centuries ago” that made me catch my breath. A very thoughtful book — very intelligent, too.
