'It's a book with a mission and one which deserves a great deal of success.' - Bary Cunliffe, University of Oxford

BBC Books and Monty Python Alum Terry Jones Explore the Other Side of Roman History in TERRY JONES' BARBARIANS, to coincide with the US Television Premiere on the History Channel

"BBC Books and Monty Python alum Terry Jones (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian) invite you on an entertaining literary expedition through Roman History with Terry Jones' Barbarians, the follow up to his last work Terry Jones' Medieval Lives.

So you think you know everything about the Romans? They gave us sophisticated road systems, chariots and the modern-day calendar. And of course they had to contend with barbarian hordes who continually threatened the peace, safety and prosperity of their Empire. Didn't they?

In his new book and the accompanying television series, set to air in the US this summer on the History Channel, Terry Jones argues that we have been sold a false history of Rome that has twisted our entire understanding of our own history. Terry Jones' Barbarians takes a completely fresh approach to the history of the Romans, and reveals that most of the people written off by the Romans as uncivilized, savage and barbaric were in fact organized, motivated and intelligent groups of people, with no intentions of overthrowing Rome and plundering its Empire.

This is the story of Roman history as seen by the Britons, Gauls, Germans, Greeks, Persians and Africans. The Vandals didn't vandalize - the Romans did. The Goths didn't sack Rome - the Romans did. Attila the Hun didn't go to Constantinople to destroy it, but because the Emperor's daughter wanted to marry him. And far from civilizing the societies they conquered, the Romans often destroyed much of what they found.

Terry Jones' Barbarians is a unique exploration of Roman History, told in the witty and inimitable voice of one of modern day's master storytellers. This compelling read provides a rare blend of scholarly research and Jones' familiar iconoclastic brand of humor. "

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