--- product_id: 63244714 title: "Stonehenge (Wonders of the World)" price: "$25.04" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/63244714-stonehenge-wonders-of-the-world store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # Stonehenge (Wonders of the World) **Price:** $25.04 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Stonehenge (Wonders of the World) - **How much does it cost?** $25.04 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/63244714-stonehenge-wonders-of-the-world) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Stonehenge is woven into the earliest Arthurian legends and has been analysed by everyone from archaeologists, to town planners, to the Druids who have made it their spiritual home. By refusing to adopt one theoretical position, Rosemary Hill provides the most wide-ranging and expansive history of the megalithic structure to date, from its creation in 3000 BC to the threat of the thunderous main roads that flank it today. Review: No answers but a great overview - After describing, at the start, where Stonehenge is and who owns it, the author says "At this point we come, almost, to the end of the uncontested facts". So she concentrates instead on how Stonehenge and its 'meaning' have been argued over, and even fought over, across the centuries. How it's been taken a symbol of authentic Britishness - or of Roman, Danish, Phoenician, Mycenaean or space-god influence. How its dating has kept changing (and still is); its enduring associations with King Arthur, Druidry, The Wicker Man and astronomy; and its fascination not only for antiquarians and academics but also for the counterculture, the Earth Mysteries movement, and ordinary tourists. The book does look at the archaeology: the three-phase building (with the sarcen stones now dated to about 2580-2470 BC), and the enduring puzzle of how the bluestones could have been brought to the site from Wales. And it reminds us that it's not an isolated monument, but is part of a whole network of earthworks in the area - including its equally mysterious wooden counterpart, Durrington Walls. What becomes really clear though, is how influential Stonehenge has been on British culture. Over time, people have thought it a temple, an observatory, a hospital or spa, a monument to ancestor-worship, a royal burial ground, or even Stone Age sculpture. It's featured in the arts from Wordsworth to Spinal Tap via Thomas Hardy and Barbara Hepworth. It has inspired strange follies, and influenced unlikely areas of British architecture from Bath to Covent Garden to Milton Keynes. Finally the book reviews how the solstice has been celebrated there on and off since the 1870s with the Free Festivals, the Battle of the Beanfield, and the current 'open access'. The final section talks about the ongoing problems with conservation, access, the Visitor Centre, the underpass and the main roads; and provides a useful reading list, and handy advice on visiting. Although I thought that it veers a little too far from Stonehenge at times (onto pretty tangential-seeming stuff like `Zadok the Priest' or Churchill College), and (despite its cultural-history approach) ignores the _really_ wacky ideas that are about, I thought it was clearly-written, amazingly wide-ranging, and - like Stonehenge itself - totally fascinating! Review: A pleasure to read. - This is a lovely book; well written and easy to read. All books written about Stonehenge of course are more or less histories of the theories and ideas that successive writers have presented to us. We can never know what the monument stands for, but we can speculate, with each age seeing it in the light of their own prejudices and mindsets. This book is no exception, but it's presented to you in a form that is gripping, and gives you much food for thought. I read it in two days, and wished it could have gone on, but it left me feeling frustrated that we know so little about the monument itself and the people who built it. Rosemary Hill could not tell you that, but she could certainly give you a greater appreciation of something that has become almost like an archetype in our minds. Her book is a worthy addition to the volumes of literature that have been written about Stonehenge and the ages in which it was built. ## Images ![Stonehenge (Wonders of the World) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81tflVz3YgL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ No answers but a great overview *by B***S on 11 March 2010* After describing, at the start, where Stonehenge is and who owns it, the author says "At this point we come, almost, to the end of the uncontested facts". So she concentrates instead on how Stonehenge and its 'meaning' have been argued over, and even fought over, across the centuries. How it's been taken a symbol of authentic Britishness - or of Roman, Danish, Phoenician, Mycenaean or space-god influence. How its dating has kept changing (and still is); its enduring associations with King Arthur, Druidry, The Wicker Man and astronomy; and its fascination not only for antiquarians and academics but also for the counterculture, the Earth Mysteries movement, and ordinary tourists. The book does look at the archaeology: the three-phase building (with the sarcen stones now dated to about 2580-2470 BC), and the enduring puzzle of how the bluestones could have been brought to the site from Wales. And it reminds us that it's not an isolated monument, but is part of a whole network of earthworks in the area - including its equally mysterious wooden counterpart, Durrington Walls. What becomes really clear though, is how influential Stonehenge has been on British culture. Over time, people have thought it a temple, an observatory, a hospital or spa, a monument to ancestor-worship, a royal burial ground, or even Stone Age sculpture. It's featured in the arts from Wordsworth to Spinal Tap via Thomas Hardy and Barbara Hepworth. It has inspired strange follies, and influenced unlikely areas of British architecture from Bath to Covent Garden to Milton Keynes. Finally the book reviews how the solstice has been celebrated there on and off since the 1870s with the Free Festivals, the Battle of the Beanfield, and the current 'open access'. The final section talks about the ongoing problems with conservation, access, the Visitor Centre, the underpass and the main roads; and provides a useful reading list, and handy advice on visiting. Although I thought that it veers a little too far from Stonehenge at times (onto pretty tangential-seeming stuff like `Zadok the Priest' or Churchill College), and (despite its cultural-history approach) ignores the _really_ wacky ideas that are about, I thought it was clearly-written, amazingly wide-ranging, and - like Stonehenge itself - totally fascinating! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A pleasure to read. *by A***S on 2 August 2011* This is a lovely book; well written and easy to read. All books written about Stonehenge of course are more or less histories of the theories and ideas that successive writers have presented to us. We can never know what the monument stands for, but we can speculate, with each age seeing it in the light of their own prejudices and mindsets. This book is no exception, but it's presented to you in a form that is gripping, and gives you much food for thought. I read it in two days, and wished it could have gone on, but it left me feeling frustrated that we know so little about the monument itself and the people who built it. Rosemary Hill could not tell you that, but she could certainly give you a greater appreciation of something that has become almost like an archetype in our minds. Her book is a worthy addition to the volumes of literature that have been written about Stonehenge and the ages in which it was built. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Enlightening, stimulating and funny *by M***Y on 30 October 2016* This is history told through Stonehenge, utterly compelling, full of out of the way facts, and very funny indeed. It is part of the Wonders of the World Series whose aim "is to get something much more enlightening, stimulating, even controversial, than straightforward histories or guides". Stonehenge achieves exactly that. 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