I've carried several books entitled The Celts (I wish authors would show a little more creativity in these titles), but this one is probably the best.  It was originally published in Italy, as a companion volume to an exhibit at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice.  It contains a great number of focused articles on different facets of Celtic life from the 6th century BCE to the medieval period.  A few of these articles include: 'Language and Writing of the Early Celts', 'The Princely Tombs of the Celts in the Middle Rhineland', 'The Celtic Population of Bohemia in the Fourth Century B.C.','Mercenary Activity', 'The Romanization of Gaul', 'Hillforts', and 'Music Archaeology and the Ancient Celts'. There are lots of pictures of artifacts, with the more spectacular finds shown in color.  It's a good size (700 pages) book with substantial scholarship that's well worth the price.

               $35.00   (paperback)