Brutus of Troy : and the quest for the ancestry of the British

336 Pages·2015·11.01 MB·English

by  Adolph

Dedication
Respectfully dedicated to my tenth cousin twice removed, HRH Prince George of
Cambridge, the future heir to Brutus’s sea-girt realm.
Also by Anthony Adolph:
Tracing Your Family History
Tracing You Home’s History
Need to Know? Tracing Your Family History
Tracing Your Irish Family History
Who Am I? The Family Tree Explorer
Tracing Your Scottish Family History
The King’s Henchman: the Commoner and the Royal who saved the monarchy
from Cromwell
Tracing Your Aristocratic Ancestors
In Search of Our Ancient Ancestors: from the Big Bang to Modern Britain, in
Science and Myth
Illustrations
Unless otherwise credited, all drawings, diagrams and photographs are by the
author.

Contents
Introduction
Part I: Conceiving Brutus
Chapter 1 In Alma’s Tower
Chapter 2 Brutus’s Isle
Chapter 3 The Age of Arthur
Chapter 4 ‘The Coastal Peoples’
Chapter 5 Troy Reborn
Chapter 6 The Birth of Brutus
Chapter 7 ‘The Monarchy of Britain’
Chapter 8 Geoffrey of Monmouth
Part II: The Life of Brutus
Chapter 9 A Fatal Arrow
Chapter 10 The Castle by the Acheron
Chapter 11 Diana’s Prophecy
Chapter 12 The Tower of Hercules
Chapter 13 Bloodshed in Gaul
Chapter 14 Here Be Giants!
Chapter 15 New Troy in Britain
Part III: The Afterlife of Brutus
Chapter 16 A Mythology for the Middle Ages
Chapter 17 ‘One Happy Britannia Again’
Chapter 18 ‘Remember Me!’
Chapter 19 Return to Troy
Chapter 20 ‘To Raise the Lasting Throne of Albion’