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Forming the sequel to Rodney Castleden's Minoans published in 1991, Mycenaeans looks at the history and archaeology of dynamic and enterprising race of people living in various regions of Greece as well as the city of Mycenae itself. Well-eritten, illustrated throughout and authoritative, this is a great introduction to the Mycenaean cvilisation. Castleden covers a wide range of topics from the Mycenaean people (their physical appearance, clothing, jewellery, language), to their towns, cities and palaces, their religious beliefs, sea-empire, their relations with other polities within and beyond Greece, rural life in the countryside, Homer and the Trojan War and the eventual collapse of their civilisation at the end of the 13th century BC. Highly recommended.