Warrior is the best analysis of the Anglo-Saxon period, with all the archeology woven in to the narrative. King in the North is another one to read about this period.

This book weaves the story of the excavations of the Bamburgh Research Group and the warrior grave discovered there into the wider context of Anglo Saxon Britain. For me the background to the excavation and the personalities involved were some of the best sections as they gave an insight into the world of archaeology and how the history can be used to inform that. Where the sections went into some of the seemingly less relevant areas I found that much like the book itself I lost focus. That said the book is well written, there is much to capture the specialist and general reader alike, a few diagrams or photographs would have enhanced the experience and perhaps made some things clearer as a picture is worth many words. #Warrior #NetGalle

Warrior is the story of a skeleton unearthed during an archaeological dig at Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. When the bones were subjected to analysis they were found to belong to someone from an island off the west coast of Scotland. That discovery and the obvious high status of the burial was the start of a process of detection and speculation in which the authors sought to reconstruct the social and political world the deceased individual inhabited and follow the trail of events that led to his death. In describing all this, the book also reveals a good deal about the world of archaeology, and some of its more colourful personalities. A fascinating read that underlines how little we know about this early period of British history and how much still remains to be uncovered.