Gypsies: From the Ganges to the Thames

by Donald Kenrick

"This fully revised, illustrated text traces the origin of the Gypsies in India and their journey westward until their arrival on the shores of the Mediterranean at Constantinople. Included is information about the GypsiesÆ path to the shores of the Thames and a look at their distant relatives who stayed in India, and those who stopped on the way west and still live as nomads in Persia and neighboring countries. Presenting both widely accepted and controversial theories, this is an authoritative survey of the history of the Gypsies."

Genres: Nonfiction, India

144 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2004

Reviews

[Horus · Rating 4 out of 5]

While short, this Interface publication is now, likely, the best and most up to date concise history of the Romany people since Angus Fraser's "The Gypsies". Donald Kenrick has long been a well respected researcher and linguist and this book supercedes, and improves on, his previous publication: "Gypsies: From India to the Mediterranean". The appended article by Marcel Courthiade is a great bonus. It is very well written and held, for myself, many significant points on theories of Gypsy origins. Both of these are well cited, as one would expect, and provide the interested reader with many avenues for further research.