Dense but interesting

This is a thorough review of the material, thus discovered. Obviously, museums and warehouses full of Celtic artefacts have given us an insight into this fascinating people, but an overview of the data, which this book is, gives us a clearer picture. However, every now and then, some insecure Anglo-Saxon tries to claim that the Celts as a linguistic cultural race never existed.
These vexed and anxious denials of Europe's first identifable truely European race smacks of classic English imperialism. Fortunately, Celtic language forms, art, and musical rhythms continue to influence European culture to this day. Imagine if Anglo-Saxon Germanic music was Europe's base rhythm, we would be singing and listening to thumping umpapa to this day. Sorry, EU, but your anthem fits that bill. Hardly the Beatles, is it? Obviously composed when Beethoven was suffering severe hearing loss.
The book is dense in its research and is a wonderful reference source. It is also well read and, importantly, not boring. An accompanying pdf map of the various locations and timelines would be helpful as these ancient locations mostly fall within modern urban areas.

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