A Light in the Dark Ages
A Light in the Dark Ages is a book series created by Tim Walker. It attempts to plug the black hole in British history known as 'The Dark Ages' with an imagined narrative based around scant historical evidence. Book one, Abandoned (http://mybook.to/Abandoned), starts in London (Londinium) in the year 410 AD - the year generally taken for the final separation of Roman administration from the province of Britannia. It follows the fortunes of ficticious character, Marcus, and his efforts to organise the defence of his town from a roving Saxon raiding party. It also introduces two of the first of Geoffrey of Monmouth's proposed post-Roman era 'Kings of the Britons' (in his twelfth century history book) - Constantine and Vortigern. Book two - Ambrosius : Last of the Romans (http://mybook.to/Ambrosius) covers the imagined career of Ambrosius Aurelianus, described by sixth century monk, Gildas, as 'the last of the Romans' due to his imperial descen...