Above and below: London’s Crossrail excavations unearthed victims of the Black Death MOLA/Getty Images
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Alice Roberts (Simon & Schuster)
ANOTHER year, another really good book from archaeologist Alice Roberts. Part of me almost wants to find that the quality has slipped, just for the sheer surprise – but no, her standards are as high as ever.
Roberts may be the UK’s best-known archaeologist, in part due to her many TV appearances. She has also written a string of books, including Wolf Road, her first children’s novel. Her specialism is osteoarchaeology, the…
