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An Evening with Cat Jarman

Thursday 19th October 2023
19:00 at Waterstones, Salisbury

The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons (Hardback)

Join us as for an evening with Cat Jarman as she shares her new book 'The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons' with us.

From bioarchaeologist and bestselling author of River Kings, a gripping new history of the making of England as a nation, told through six bone chests, stored for over a thousand years in Winchester Cathedral.

In The Bone Chests, Cat Jarman builds on evidence found in the reopening of these chests in 2014 to untangle the stories of the people within. It is an extraordinary and sometimes tragic tale, and a story of transformation. Why these bones? Why there? Can we ever really identify them? In a palimpsest narrative that runs through more than a millennium of British history, it tells the story of both the seekers and the sought, of those who protected the bones and those who spurned them; and of the methods used to investigate.

There will be a chance for audience Q&A plus a book signing to end the night. Ticket price includes a glass of wine or soft drink equivalent. We hope you can join us.

Waterstones, Salisbury

Thursday 19th October 2023
19:00

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