THE ENIGMA OF STONEHENGE

 John Fowles and Barry Brukoff, British Library 1980

John Fowles holds that even if we may now scientifically dismiss Stukeley’s blinding certainty that Stonehenge was built by the Druids who were the priests of one of the last tribes of Israel, his folly holds the key to all that has subsequently become of Stonehenge in the communal imagination: it’s symbolic appeal, its Britishness, its refusal to be buried in scientific certainty, its power to haunt us with its insoluble questions.

Barry Brukoff’s photographs capture this presence and poetry. They evoke feelingly what Fowles calls the two Stonehenges: ‘the one in stone and the one in the mind.’

The dust jacket has slight edge wear, mainly to the bottom and is price clipped. There is slight sunning to the edges of the boards, once again, mainly the lower edge. These are very minor things but must be pointed out, for accuracy. As the book is large format, the scanned image is slightly clipped.