Wroxeter: Life & Death of a Roman City

by Roger White, Philip Barker

The 'Old Work', the largest fragment of a Roman civilian building still standing in Britain, is a spectacular landmark which points to the site of Wroxeter Roman City, between medieval Shrewsbury and modern Telford. This title tells the story of one of Britain's best-preserved but least-known archaeological sites.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

160 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2000

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[Aithne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absolute must-read if you're into the earliest history of Wroxeter and the area around it. Beats Graham Webster's The Cornovii by far; I could've as well skipped that book and delved directly into this one instead.

It's only 160 pages, but the font is small and the page format rather big, so it's more text (= information) than it at first appears. Nice illustrations, including some in colour. Lots of detail.

I seriously don't know what to write. It was simply very good and informative, and I kept reading it for way too long - probably because every other paragraph there was some piece of info which would make my imagination fire, which, you guessed it, was quite disruptive to the reading itself. But it's also a clear quality marker. A non-fiction book being that exciting? Take my money!

The only downside is that it's been 25 years since the publication, so I wonder if there's more known nowadays. Time for a 2nd ed?