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Squid Tempest S
Squid Tempest Sep 3, 2009 15:27:39

I've not read any William Stukely, but I quite fancy checking him out. Can anyone recommend one of his books, or a good book about him? Preferably something relatively easy to get hold of and not too expensive.

While I'm at it, although this might be a bit off-topic for TMA, can anyone recommend books by or about T.C. Lethbridge as well? Again, nothing too expensive or difficult to find.

Thanks in advance,
Squid

M moss
moss Sep 3, 2009 15:49:44
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Stukeley's Stonehenge (An unpublished manuscript 1721-1724) edited by Aubrey Burl and Neil Mortimer. Published by Yale University Press

Stukeley Illustrated (William Stukeley's Rediscovery of Britain's Ancient Sites) Compiled by Neil Mortimer. Published by Green Magic

And......http://www.avebury-web.co.uk/
which has a complete fascimile copy of Stukeley's Avebury site of the druids (or words to that effect, it would'nt copy)

P Paulus
Paulus Sep 3, 2009 16:46:31
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Mr Piggott's biography of Stukeley's good. As for Lethbridge, get Colin Wilson's book Mysteries, which has a very good & very lengthy overview of the fella. You could get Tom Graves' Essential T.C. Lethbridge, but it aint as good as Wilson's overview (he curiously left in some of Lethbridge's 'Legends of the Sons of God' material, which he shouldn't have really).

L Littlestone
Littlestone Sep 3, 2009 22:21:09
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You might try this Mr S - http://kobek.com/electric.html (bottom of page). The links to Stukeley might take a while to download.

V VBB
VBB Sep 4, 2009 10:08:55
Replying to Squid Tempest

David Boyd Haycock, William Stukeley, Science, Religion and Archaeology in Eighteenth-Century England (Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 2002).

Extracts are online I think.

David Boyd Haycock,'The long-lost truth': Sir Isaac Newton and the Newtonian pursuit of ancient knowledge, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 35 (2004) 605-623.

You can also now get print to order copies of the W.C. Lukis, Family Memoirs of the Rev. William Stukeley and the Antiquarian and other correspondence. Only they are facsimilies and my copy was only 90-95% readable so I gave up and bought an original.