Kingdoms of the Celts traces the rise and fall of the great Celtic dynasties and their famous kings and queens : Vercingetorix, Vortigern, Boudica, Cartimandua, Arthur, Cinnead MacAlpin, Brian Boru, Rhodri Mawr, Owain Glyn Dwr. From brutish pre-Roman tribal warrior-kings and warrior queens to the effete lairds of the nineteenth-century Scottish Highlands, there runs a continuous thraed of Celtic identity to which we are still connected. Celtic culture is alive and thriving in Ireland, Scotland, Man, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany and Galicia. The modern British monarchy, struggling to rehape its public image, reminds us that once there were kings and queens for whom the people had abundant, overflowing devotion.
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