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Over the years doubts have been expressed about the accepted view
that the Black Death was caused by bubonic plague. By looking at
the evidence of tree-rings and ice cores, Mike Baillie, Professor
of Dendrochronology at Queen's University, Belfast, has identified
a series of natural catastrophes at the beginning of the fourteenth
century, caused by meteor strikes. On the basis of the current
scientific evidence and of contemporary accounts of the nature and
spread of the disease, he is convinced that the disease was
air-borne not carried by rats. This fascinating book reveals the
detection that led to this revolutionary conclusion.
The Celtic myths, involving heroic warriors such as Finn and
CuChulinn, can be read as simple primitive stories, but closer
examination reveals strange descriptions and relationships. The
authors of this ground-breaking book argue that all the principal
characters are aspects of the one Celtic sky god, Lugh, who was a
comet. Against the background of a comet scenario this
re-interpretation of about ten key Celtic myths shows how many of
the descriptions in the myths fit the appearance of comets. The
fact that these comets on occasions produced abrupt environmental
changes, that can be traced in the tree-ring and ice-core
chronologies, pins the stories to a central reality. With a novel
twist this original book confirms the widespread belief that these
stories must contain a 'core of truth'.
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