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by Francis Pryor


  Carole Benson

  Terry Bergin

  Tessa Beukelaar

  Robert Bewley

  Sarbjit Bisla

  Wendi Blair

  Thea Bodourian & Jens-Kristian Hansen

  Peter Boizot

  Gill Bolton

  Dave Bonta

  Ben Booth

  Sarah Botfield

  Kate Boulden

  Corrina Bower

  Richard Bradley

  Roger Braithwaite

  Janey Brant

  Melanie Brehaut

  Mark Brennand

  Teri Brewer

  Sarah L Bridge

  Mick Bridgman

  David Britchfield

  Rowan Broadbent

  Sharon Brown

  Tony Brown

  Richard Bunting

  Gilbert Burleigh

  Andrew Burnett

  Bill Busfield

  Jenni Butterworth

  Peter Calamai

  David Callier

  Carol Cantrell

  Frances Carey

  Clare Cartwright

  Christopher Catling

  John Cherry

  Paul Cherry

  Tina Chopee

  Karen Christley

  Lauren Churchill

  Rose Clancey

  Stephen J Clancy

  Philip Clarke

  Robin Claxton

  Robert Clements

  Guy Clifton

  Ivan Clowsley

  Robert Cole

  William Collinson

  David Collison

  Francesca Compton

  Brian Condron

  Peter Connelly

  Meredith Conran

  Joy Conway

  Emma Coombs

  Tracey-Anne Cooper

  Michael Corbishley

  Kim Costello

  Kerrie County

  Charlotte Cox

  David Cranstone

  Philip & Jane Craske

  Mike Craven-Todd

  Alan Crawford

  Bes Croscombe

  Katherine Crouch

  Heather Culpin

  Current Archaeology

  Deborah Curtis

  Riann d’Acra

  Peter Dalling

  James Dalton

  Nicola Davies

  Sarah Davies

  Catherine Davis

  Jocelyn Davis

  Jonathan Davison

  Sue Day

  Chloe de Man

  Jasja Dekker

  Graham Dell

  John Dent

  Ian Devlin

  John Dexter

  Eleanor Dickenson

  Boyd Dixon

  Philip Dixon

  DJL

  Eleanor Doherty

  Kathryn Dolman

  Jillian Drujon

  Vivienne Dunstan

  Sarah Durdin Robertson

  Mark Dyson

  Frinton Earnshaw

  Mark Edmonds

  Keith Edwards

  Lynn Edwards

  Stuart Edwards

  Jeannette Elrick

  Simon Erskine Crum

  Barbara Evans Rees

  Mark Everett

  Franky Farrell

  Harry Faure Walker

  Teddy Faure Walker

  Naomi Field

  John Fields

  Ruth Fillery-Travis

  Claire Fisher

  Marena Fisher

  Paul Fisher

  Hugh Fiske

  Lindsey Fitzharris

  Steve Fleming

  Will Fletcher

  Michael Fogg

  Harry Fokkens

  Isa Forde

  Toby Fox

  Katharine Francis

  Isobel Frankish

  Charles French

  Robert Fry

  Simon Fuller

  Janet Gaden

  Daryl Garton

  Elizabeth Gass

  Lady Elizabeth Gass

  John Gater

  Dagna Gaythorpe

  Helen Geake

  Paul George

  Don Gibson

  Jo Gibson

  William Gilbert

  Chris Gingell

  Philippa Glanville

  Peter Glass

  Lisa Gledhill

  Salena Godden

  Ashley Golightly

  Denise Gorse

  David Graham

  Voula Grand

  Sue Greaney

  Margaret Green

  Martin Green

  Sandie Green

  Tom & Coralie Green

  Catherine Greenfield

  Dafydd Griffiths

  Frederick Grounds

  Richard Gunn

  Kate Haddock

  Rachael Hall

  Paul Halstead

  Elspeth Hardie

  Claire Hardy

  David Harford

  Jon Harley

  Nigel Harper-Scott

  Barnaby Harris

  Oliver Harris

  Richard Harris

  Stacy Harrison

  Neil Hart

  Steve Hartley

  Jacqueline Hartnett

  Caitlin Harvey

  Deborah Hastings

  James Hawke

  Mark Haworth

  Nathan Hazlehurst

  Jen Heathcote

  Rob Hedge

  Polly Heffer

  Steve Helder

  Anastasia Hellewell

  Elizabeth Henton

  Gill Hey

  Mike Heyworth

  Nicholas Higham

  John Hillam

  Peter Hinton

  Holly Hodson

  Doug Holt

  Sarah Holt

  Audrey Horning

  Craig Houston

  Syd Howells

  Paul Howlett

  Paul Hudson

  Brendan Hughes

  Sarah Hughes

  Peter Hunter

  James F Hutchinson

  Keith Hyland

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  Linda Ireson

  Johari Ismail

  Isobel

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  Jordan Jacobs

  Adrian James

  Edward James

  Gregory Jennings

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  Richard Johnson

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  Rhona Johnstone

  Sue Joiner

  Gail Jones

  Phyl Jones

  Lesley Keech

  Chris Kendrick

  Paul Kenton

  David Kenyon

  Dan Kieran

  James Kightly & Bev Laing

  Iain Kitching

  Becky Knight

  Martin Kurzik

  Susan Kyle

  Cameron & Shirley Laing


  Meredith Laing

  William Lakin

  Anne Lamb

  Daniel Lamont

  Tom Lane

  Jimmy Leach

  Alex Lee

  Kelley Leffler

  Beth Lewis

  Claire Lindsay-McGrath

  Cassie Lloyd Perrin

  Mark Lloyd Price

  Spencer Lödge

  Andrew and Joy Longmuir

  Nick Loweth

  Simon Ludgate

  Sara Lunt

  Heather Mac Archer

  Iain McCulloch

  Zoe Macdonald

  J McHenley

  Jim McLaren

  Dean MacLennan

  David McOmish

  Peter Maloy

  John Manchip

  Jon Martin

  Louise Martin

  Mary Masson

  Kay Mayes

  Peter Melkowski

  Ute Methner

  Deborah Metters

  Martin Millett

  Ronald Mitchinson

  Robert Moody

  Camilla More

  Harry Marlborough More

  Joanna More

  Elizabeth Morgan

  Jane Morris

  Sally Morris

  Jim Mower

  Nicky Moxey

  Jacqui Mulville

  Kerry Murrell

  Michael Nevell

  Kate Nicholls

  Taryn Nixon

  Robert Noort

  Anders Nyman, Uppsala Sweden

  Katherine Oakley

  Bryan Oates

  Dan Oggly

  Peter Olver

  Jan O’Malley

  Andrew O’Neill

  Nick Overton

  Claire Owen

  Christopher Page

  Marilyn Palmer

  Edward and Clara Pank

  Ian Panter

  Mike Parker Pearson

  Paul Parkinson LRPS

  Rebecca Parr

  David Parry

  Nick Parsons

  Sara Parsons

  Simon Parsons

  Sarah Patmore

  Lucy Payne

  Elizabeth Peers

  Wiz Pender

  David Pendergast

  Karl Pesch-Konopka

  Mary Peterson

  Catherine Pickersgill

  Caroline Pierson

  Tim Pike

  Mike Pitts

  Joshua Pollard

  Justin Pollard

  Sarah Poppy

  Bronwyn Louise Potter, NSW, Australia

  Dominic Powlesland

  Ian Powlesland

  Zina Myakicheff Preston

  Sian Price

  Cameron Prichard

  Debbie Priddy

  Deborah Priddy

  Roger Pritchard

  Zoe Propper

  Alan Pryke

  Amy Pryor

  Cressida Pryor

  Ella Pryor

  Henry Pryor

  Mark Pryor

  Roddy Pryor

  William Pryor

  Sylvia Pryor Nicol

  Jeremy Purseglove

  Huan Quayle

  Helen Randle

  Hans Rasmussen

  Anna Raverat

  Rachel Rawlins

  Colette Reap

  Andrew Rhind-Tutt

  Julian D Richards

  Ellen Richardson

  John Riley

  Garner Roberts

  Jennifer Roberts

  Tony Robinson

  Yvonne Robinson

  Petre Rodan

  John Rogers

  Kris Rogers

  Margaret Rogers

  Andrew Rogerson

  Alice Rose

  Andrew Rose

  Elizabeth Rose, Alice Violet, Andrew Sinclair and Helen Lloyd

  Nansi Rosenberg

  Sam Ross

  Kelly Rourke Fischer

  Jim Rouse

  George Rowing

  Peter Rowley-Conwy

  Susan Royce

  Zuzu Rug

  Chris Rushton

  Margaret L Ruwoldt

  Marie Ryal

  Lucy Ryder

  Sally Ryder

  Jobim Sampson

  Emma Samuel

  Rob Scaife

  Kate Scarratt

  Tim Schadla-Hall

  Sebastian Schleussner

  Dick Selwood

  Dale Serjeantson

  Rosie Shannon

  Hazel Sheard

  Gemma Sherlock

  Charlotte Shipley

  Jon Shute

  Vicki Silcock

  Eileen Silcocks

  Lee Sinclair

  Alison Skinner

  David Sleight

  Alice Smith

  Derek Smith

  Dinah Smith

  Lucy Smith

  Nigel Smith

  Samantha Smith

  Shelagh Smith

  Stuart Smith

  Steve Smith, Wimborne

  Richard & Victoria Sowerby

  William Sowerby

  Hayley Steele

  Bas Steemers

  Bernie Stefan-Rasmus

  Jason Stevens

  Jason Stewart

  Martin Stoermer

  Hayden Strawbridge

  Sue Strawson

  Iain Sutherland

  Rosy and Richard Sutton

  Kerry Swinnerton

  Matthew Symonds

  Sarah Talks

  Maisie Taylor

  Robin Thain

  Roger Thomas

  Rebekah Thornton

  Andrew Thrift

  Katherine Toms

  Debra Treiguts

  Christopher Trent

  Michael Turner

  Adrian Turnham

  Patricia Tutt

  Ian Tyers

  Simon Tyldesley

  Christine Usher

  Louis van Dompselaar

  Marie-France van Oorsouw

  Gillian Varndell

  Mark Vent

  Dig Ventures

  Kellie Vernon

  Michelle Vernon

  Sarah Voller

  Laurence Vulliamy

  Clive Waddington

  Geoff Wainwright

  Geoffrey Wainwright

  Stephen Wainwright

  Lou Wakefield

  Philip Walker

  Patricia Wallace

  Annie Warwick

  Peter Wass

  Robert Waterhouse

  Stan C Waterman

  Caroline Watson

  Chloe Watson

  Frauke Watson

  Howard Webber

  Dee Weightman

  Nicola Wellband

  Steve Whitehead

  David Whitehouse

  Lindsay Whitehurst

  Caroline Wickham-Jo
nes

  Gerald Wilkinson

  Fiona Williams

  Mike Williams

  Tim Williams

  Justin Williamson

  Jane Willmore

  Thom Winterburn

  Wisbech Grammar School Cambs

  Emma Wood

  Emily Woodburn

  Ruth Woodburn

  Valerie Woodburn

  Stephen Woods

  Ray Worman

  Daniel Worsley

  Richard Wray

  Colin and Rachel Wright

  Krista Yabe

  Katharine Younger

  Acknowledgements

  I’m particularly grateful to Martin Kurzik who first encouraged me to try changing tracks, after reading my book Seahenge: A Quest for Life and Death in Bronze Age Britain (HarperCollins, 2001). The switch from non-fiction to fiction was expertly overseen by my agent, Bill Hamilton, of A.M. Heath and Co., who made many important suggestions to drafts of the manuscript. This book could not have been written without his help and encouragement. I would normally have suggested to Bill that he find a trade publisher in the usual way, but two years ago I bumped into Justin Pollard at the Hay-on-Wye Festival. I knew Justin from Time Team and he enthused about Unbound, which he had just set up with two colleagues. To cut a long story short, a year later I decided to offer the book to them and I have never regretted the decision. Unbound are more an extended family than a publisher and they have helped me master a huge number of new skills. I improved my blog (http://pryorfrancis.wordpress.com) and now Tweet (@pryorfrancis)! Jimmy Leach was the brains behind our campaign to raise subscribers and Liz Garner was my long-suffering, imaginative and diligent story-editor. The copy-editing was ably done by Kate Greig, the proof reading by Hugh Lamb and the book was designed by Green Gate Publishing. Earlier versions of the manuscript were also read and criticised in great and constructive detail by my daughter Amy and by two good friends: Kate Haddock and Iain Kitching. Another old friend, Professor Martin Jones of Cambridge University, helped me with the DNA-speak. I have drawn extensively on his book, The Molecule Hunt: Archaeology and the Search for Ancient DNA (Allen Lane, Penguin Press, 2001), a wonderfully clear introduction to a highly complex subject. My brother-in-law Nigel Smith has been a constant source of help, encouragement and practical advice. Finally, I owe special thanks to my wife and plot advisor, Maisie Taylor, who has had to read, reread and discuss no less than twelve versions of this book, over two long and very cold winters.

  November, 2013

  About the author

  Francis Pryor was born in London in 1945. After studying archaeology at Cambridge, he emigrated to Toronto, where he joined the staff of the Royal Ontario Museum. Using the Museum as a base, he began a series of major excavations (1971–78) in England, at Fengate, on the outskirts of Peterborough. Here he revealed an extensive prehistoric landscape, culminating in the discovery in 1982 of Flag Fen, one of the best preserved Bronze Age sites in Europe. His books include his ‘Britain’ series (for HarperCollins): Britain BC, Britain AD, Britain in the Middle Ages and The Birth of Modern Britain; two of which he presented as documentary series for Channel 4. He has appeared frequently on Time Team and has presented a number of programmes for Radio 4. The Lifers’ Club is his first work of fiction.

 

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