The history of seasonal festivals and the pagan Wheel of the Year, by leading historian Ronald Hutton.
 
Comprehensive and engaging, this is a rigorous history of the festivals which came to form the modern Pagan wheel of the year, taking the reader through the year, month by month. The ever-knowledgeable Ronald Hutton, leading historian of paganism in Britain, challenges many common assumptions about the customs of the past, and debunks many myths surrounding festivals of the present, to illuminate the history of the calendar year which is so central to Pagan observance and is so dear to folklore lovers across Britain.
 
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2001. Paperback, 542 pages. New.