Peter Berresford Ellis This covers the period from 1000 BC to 51 BC thus avoiding much of the decline and assimilation. Ellis has been an expert on the Celts for many a long year and is fortunately able to write in an entertaining fashion. He follows the Celts through their interaction with all the ancient cultures, considers their social and religious beliefs and points out some Famous Celts. We therefore see the invasions of Gaul, Spain, Italy, Greece and Asia Minor. The activities of the Celts as mercenaries are also included. Ellis views them not as Funny Loonies (as has often been the case in wargames) but as variously skilled warriors or tribal levies. After reading it one can see why these colourful peoples turn up on the wargame table quite as often as they do. Old Duffer's Book Corner Book Reviews The Punic Wars The Northern Wars 1558-1721 1688: A Global History Richelieu And Olivares Warfare At Sea 1500-1650 Louis XIV The Renaissance At War The Great War and Modern Memory Battles of the Greek And Roman Worlds Histoire Militaire des Guerres Puniques Dictionnaire des Maréchaux de France The War The Infantry Knew 1914-1919 The Great War The Byzantine Wars The French Civil Wars The Somme The Myth of the Great War The Wars Of The Ancient Greeks Histoire de l'armée française de 1914 à nos jours To The Last Man: Spring 1918 Flodden 1513 Verdun 1916 The Mediterranean In The Ancient World The National Army Museum Book Of The Boer War La Bataille d'Abbeville Soldier Sahibs The Celtic Empire The Imperial War Museum Book of 1918 War And The World: Military Power And The Fate of Continents Back to Perfidious Albion #103 Table of Contents Back to Perfidious Albion List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by Charles and Teresa Vasey. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com