Ken Dark is a professor at St. Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, UK, and works on the archaeology and history of Europe and the Mediterranean in the 1st millennium AD. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and the Royal Historical Society, he has written over 100 academic publications, including 15 books, and directed many archaeological excavations and surveys. He is currently director of the Tintagel Hinterland Project, and widely recognised as a leading expert on the archaeology and history of the fifth- to seventh-century Britons.

The book strikes a rare balance between conveying the often ambiguous and contentious nature of archaeological interpretation on the one hand, and keeping his narrative accessible to the general reader on the other.

• List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction Chapter 1. Tintagel: Where History and Legend Meet Archaeology Chapter 2. Gildas and the TyrantsChapter 3. Discovering the Lost KingsChapter 4. The Poetic NorthChapter 5. Going Global Chapter 6. Arthur: Myth or History?ConclusionBibliographic EssayIndex

Ken Dark is a professor at St. Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, UK, and works on the archaeology and history of Europe and the Mediterranean in the 1st millennium AD. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and the Royal Historical Society, he has written over 100 academic publications, including 15 books, and directed many archaeological excavations and surveys. He is currently director of the Tintagel Hinterland Project, and widely recognised as a leading expert on the archaeology and history of the fifth- to seventh-century Britons.

The book strikes a rare balance between conveying the often ambiguous and contentious nature of archaeological interpretation on the one hand, and keeping his narrative accessible to the general reader on the other.

• List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction Chapter 1. Tintagel: Where History and Legend Meet Archaeology Chapter 2. Gildas and the TyrantsChapter 3. Discovering the Lost KingsChapter 4. The Poetic NorthChapter 5. Going Global Chapter 6. Arthur: Myth or History?ConclusionBibliographic EssayIndex

Ken Dark is a professor at St. Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, UK, and works on the archaeology and history of Europe and the Mediterranean in the 1st millennium AD. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and the Royal Historical Society, he has written over 100 academic publications, including 15 books, and directed many archaeological excavations and surveys. He is currently director of the Tintagel Hinterland Project, and widely recognised as a leading expert on the archaeology and history of the fifth- to seventh-century Britons.

The book strikes a rare balance between conveying the often ambiguous and contentious nature of archaeological interpretation on the one hand, and keeping his narrative accessible to the general reader on the other.

• List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction Chapter 1. Tintagel: Where History and Legend Meet Archaeology Chapter 2. Gildas and the TyrantsChapter 3. Discovering the Lost KingsChapter 4. The Poetic NorthChapter 5. Going Global Chapter 6. Arthur: Myth or History?ConclusionBibliographic EssayIndex