The Chronology and Environmental Framework of Early Man in the Upper Thames Valley: A New Model

by David J. Briggs, David D. Gilbertson, G.R. Coope

Includes illustrations, plans, transparencies, and bibliography.

176 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1985

About the author

David Briggs was brought up as the son of a farm-worker in Kent and Sussex, in England, where he gained his love of the countryside. After a career in academia, during which he published widely on the topics of geography, environmental science and environmental health, he took early retirement and moved to New Zealand, where he now lives.

He has always enjoyed writing, and as an escape from university work wrote a number of short stories and children’s stories. An early novel, Figures in a Tuscan Garden, written while he was still working in universities, was short-listed for the UK Constable Trophy but never submitted for publication. Since moving to New Zealand, he has devoted himself to writing novels and poetry. Since moving to New Zealand, he has devoted himself to writing fiction and poetry.

By the Tracks We Leave was self-published through CreateSpace. The Direction of Our Fear was published by BMS Books, in New Zealand, in 2016. The Claim, which was long-listed for the inaugural Michael Gifkins prize in 2018, was published by UK publishers RedDoor in 2019.