Saxons, Vikings, and Celts

An excellent book for any level of British history buff. The classic stories of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland are recounted for neophytes, and done well to please the aficionados. The motivation for the book is explained in the early chapters in terms of Victorian popularity of Saxon racial identity in England's ruling classes. Also woven throughout is the story of how Sykes and his team collected their data and excellent explanations of what the DNA data means. I'm not just a British history guy, I used to be a biologist, so I can attest that from both angles, this is a great book.