Will I love The Druids?

"The Druids" by Peter Berresford Ellis is perhaps the most informative and accurately researched book about the Druids in scholarly circles today. Peter Berresford Ellis, a brilliant writer and researcher, has compiled a series of essays about the life and times of the Druids that outweighs most works about the Druids and the Celts, today. To do this, Ellis includes the fascinating origins of the Druids, the rituals of the Druids, and the Wisdom Schools of the Druids. Through these easily accessible essays, we are able to learn about the Druids as teachers, philosophers, judges, historians, astronomers and poets. Finally,… show more.

This is a highly readable and fascinating work that collects all known classical references to this mysterious priesthood that flourished in ancient Gaul and Britain, and nearly caused the province of Britannia to be abandoned under the emperor Nero. I go back to it time and time again for reference and simply for interest. The book is compact and easy to negotiate, and readers will find it hard to put down because of its content and the author’s readable style.