Nowtilus - Breve Historia de los Celtas

Manuel Velasco, escritor y fotógrafo nacido en un lugar de la Mancha, es uno de los mayores divulgadores de la historia y cultura vikingas en idioma español, tanto por los numerosos artículos publicados en una treintena de publicaciones españolas y extranjeras como por su web El Drakkar o por sus libros previos (Tras las huellas
de los vikingos, La saga de Yago, La muerte de Beowulf, Nacido en Vinland, Breve historia de los vikingos). Fruto de sus repetidas andanzas por el norte de Europa son los libros Finlandia, Suomi para los amigos y Territorio Vikingo.Su experiencia periodística le ha aportado un estilo directo y fluido, lo cual, unido a su trabajo de campo y su buena documentación, hace que el lector se sienta cómplice de la curiosidad del viajero y la mirada del investigador que se encuentran casi casualmente con uno de los períodos históricos más fascinantes de la cultura
europea.

Argumentos de venta

- Nueva edición extendida del aclamado ensayo de Manuel Velasco, un recorrido por la apasionante cultura celta y sus entresijos, curiosidades y datos de una civilización aún desconocida. La historia de un pueblo legendario, con una apasionante tradición, que ha dejado un legado cultural muy variado y característico.

- Un ensayo que nos adentra en una civilización mítica y misteriosa que dejó profundas marcas en la identidad europea y que ha fascinado y fascina desde tiempos inmemoriales a toda la humanidad.

- Se trata de una obra con gran éxito comercial: cuenta con cinco ediciones previas a esta nueva edición extendida en la que el autor ha tenido la posibilidad de incluir todos sus estudios y nuevos descubrimientos relacionados con la cultura de esta civilización, como las cuatro leyendas irlandesas y elementos de la cultura popular (asociaciones de recreación histórica, música, filmografía, publicaciones, juegos o aplicaciones móviles).

- Manuel Velasco es uno de los autores especializados en conocimientos del mundo nórdico de más prestigio en nuestro país. Colaborador y asesor habitual en medios de comunicación sobre historia, cultura y sociedad vikinga y celta, ha reunido todo su conocimiento en varias obras como Territorio Vikingo o Breve historia de los vikingos.

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CELTS

The history of the Celts, the mythical civilization that left deep traces in the European identity, and has managed to keep its roots over the centuries. Get to know their music, their traditions and their mythical heroes: Vercingetorix, Viriato, Boudicca.

Discover all the details of the Celts, one of the most unknown and mysterious peoples of antiquity. Few ancient people have had such a strong connection with the current era as the Celts have. Through its literature, its music and its rich mythology it is possible to delve into the history one of the most interesting civilizations of all times. The Celts were not a compact village, but they were a set of peoples that had an astonishing variety. They spread throughout Europe making of miscegenation their emblem.

With skill and rigour, Manuel Velasco will introduce you to the customs, religious beliefs, and the great Celtic characters. The long and unknown history of a period marked by wars and conquests featuring unforgettable characters that have become part of the popular imaginary: Viriato, Vercingetorix, Boudicca...
Brief history of the Celts will show you a mythical and mysterious civilization that left deep traces in the European identity, and that has fascinated and fascinates mankind since time immemorial.

Manuel Velasco, writer and photographer born in a village of La Mancha, is one of the greatest popularizers of Viking history and culture in Spanish language. He has publiched numerous articles in thirty foreign and Spanish publications, and has a website named The Drakkar, and some previous books (Tras las huellas de los vikingos, La saga de Yago, La muerte de Beowulf, Nacido en Vinland, Breve historia de los vikingos). As fruits of his repeated adventures around Northern Europe books such as Finlandia, Suomi para los amigos and Territorio Vikingo were born. His journalistic experience has brought a direct and fluid style, which, together with his fieldwork and good documentation, makes the reader feel ally in the curiosity of the traveller, and the look of the researcher which are encountered almost casually with one of the most fascinating historical periods of European culture.

SALES PITCH
-New extended edition of the acclaimed essay of Manuel Velasco, a tour around the exciting Celtic culture and its ins and outs, references, and data of an unknown civilization. The story of a legendary people, who hold an exciting tradition, and left a very varied and distinctive cultural legacy.

-An essay that takes us in a mythical and mysterious civilization that left deep marks on the European identity, and that has fascinated and fascinates mankind since time immemorial.

-It is a work with great commercial success: there are five previous editions. This new one is an extended edition in which the author has had the possibility of including all his studies and new discoveries related to the culture of this civilization: the four Irish legends and elements of popular culture (associations of historical recreation, music, films, publications, games or mobile apps).

-Manuel Velasco is one of the most specialized and prestigious authors in knowledge of the Nordic world in our country. He often collaborates and advises the media about history, culture, and Viking and Celtic society, he has gathered all his knowledge in several works as Territorio Vikingo or Brief History of the Vikings.