Kings of Glauburg: A Celtic Dynasty Changed The World Paperback – August 26, 2025

Title:Kings of GlauburgA Celtic Dynasty Changed the WorldGenre: Historical Saga of European romance, adventure with magic realismAuthor: Paul Gregory Dolan, Jr.Pages: 570 pages with Maps and BibliographyA Saga of Celtic and Germanic adventure, history, and romancePosing as a Welsh goat herder, an archangel dispatched to earth, is eager to reveal the long forgotten truth of his Celtic people. This immortal spirit seeks to ally himself with a competent mortal, who appears in Wales as a Harvard University professor of Celtic history. The archangel´s narration leads the professor through 1,500 years (700 B.C. to 800 A.D.) of dramatic Celtic history and generations of powerful characters. It´s a combination of adventure, history, and romance. History-changing battles between Romans, Germanics, and Celtic clans, capture the competition for the soul of Europe. Celtic migration to the British Isles unfolds, which ultimately leads to the Celtic diasporas, the English colonies and fans the fires of the foundation of the United States of America.Winston Churchill once said, “History is written by the Victors.” Slandered by haughty victors, heroic Celtic spirits of the next world have been outraged for centuries. Our archangel will set the record straight. Kings of Glauburg encompasses the millennium preceding Jesus Christ´s birth and Celtic dominance of Europe through the replacement of Druid paganism with Christianity. Despite all attempts to bury the Celts theirs is the oldest Indo-European language still spoken in parts of Wales, Ireland and Scotland. Proud pipes and drums mark cadence and still bring the blood of marching Celts to boil. A vibrant people refuses to be forgotten. Kings of Glauburg invigorates our understanding of Celtic culture.Dolan´s unique grasp of historical events, human nature, and cultures, enabled him to contrast ethnic fingerprints and develop this blockbuster historical romance and adventure.The story´s two-plane layering of modern day and the ancient world of Celts, Romans, and Germanics brings magic realism and historical facts together to portray the incredible history of European Celts. Celtic love, rituals, medicines, rites, customs, and beliefs are interwoven with the lives of powerful fictional and historic characters. From Julius Caesar, and Queen Boudicca, to St. Patrick, King Arthur, St. Boniface, and popes named Gregory, with their millennial impact on Christianity and Frankish chiefs like Karl Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne, the narration carries us forward through succeeding generations of noble families stemming from hillforts at Glauburg and the Altkönig in Germany.Importance of this WorkMs. Donna J. Frederickson, MA, LPAT, ATR-BC, respected voice in the New York City literary community and beta reader posted this after reading Kings of Glauburg:“The maps illustrating the story are masterful in their design. Yet, the book was a learning experience for me. It is intellectually stimulating, passionate, and the detailed accounts of characters, as well as historical events, render the book a valuable contribution to literature.” Read more