Book Review: The Fall of Roman Britain and Why We Speak English by John Lambshead
AD - PR Product. John Lambshead's new book, The Fall of Roman Britain and Why We Speak English, is an interesting analysis of the abrupt fall of Roman Britain. His particular focus is how and why Britain was so unlike former European provinces of the Western Empire, such as in terms of language and religion. The Fall of Roman Britain uses data from historians, archaeologists, climatologists and biologists to determine why Britannia was so different to the other former European provinces and had seemed to have few Roman cultural influences. Lambshead I found it incredibly interesting that Lambshead analysed this question through a range of different perspectives, considering both historical and scientific reasoning. As mentioned in my previous book review , Roman history isn't something that I have studied in great detail. With this in mind, I found Lambshead's writing style is both accessible and informative and easy to follow for those with a limite...