Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain

"This is an impressive work... The book focuses on an artefact that is second only to coins when it comes to quantity in Britain. The result is thorough, well-illustrated and well-scripted, with Mackreths 40 years of experience studying brooches shining through." ~Dr Alex Lang, Current Archaeology, Nov/Dec 2011

"Rarely does an individual temperament shine though a work such as this but M.’s quirky approach to problems and lacunae in the data reflect his tenacity, clarity, flexibility, occasional exasperation,and rising above all his sense of humour." ~Nina Crummy, Britannia, 44 (2013)

"This book, the end result of forty years of research, is an impressive achievement... Mackreth has succeeded in producing a valuable comparative and analytical device that will greatly facilitate the future investigation of the dating, distribution, production, and use of Romano-British brooches." ~Papers from the Institute of Archaeology

"[T]he volume also presents itself to the continental scholar as an essential work, rich in ample and well-presented material, to be held in great consideration, albeit within the limits indicated above. The accompanying CD offers an incredible array of data, invaluable for study. Hopefully for the "new students" to whom it is addressed, the publication will be an opportunity for further study and research." (trans. from Italian) ~Bryn Mawr Classical Review