BERNARD CORNWELL
Stonehenge
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it, while at times based on historical figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1999
Copyright © Bernard Cornwell 1999
Illustrations by Rex Nicholls
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In memory of
BILL MOIR
1943–1998
‘The Druid’s groves are gone – so much the better:
Stonehenge is not – but what the Devil is it?’
Lord Byron, Don Juan
Canto XI, verse XXV.
Table of Contents
Part Two: The Temple of Shadows
Part Three: The Temple of the Dead
Map of the settlement and temples of Ratharryn, c. 2000 BC
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