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How The Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland´s Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
Thomas Cahill
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Description for How The Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland´s Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
Paperback. The untold story of Ireland's role, from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1x8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
'Shamelessly engaging, effortlessly scholarly, utterly refreshing'
Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler's Ark
'A small treasure'
New York Times
'This sweepingly confident overview is more entertainingly told than any previous account'
Sunday Telegraph
Ireland played the central role in maintaining European culture when the dark ages settled on Europe in the fifth century: as Rome was sacked by Visigoths and its empire collapsed, Ireland became 'the isle of saints and scholars' that enabled the classical and religious heritage to be saved.
In his compelling and entertaining narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Irish monks ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340637876
SKU
V9780340637876
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Thomas Cahill
Thomas Cahill is an author, historian, and publisher with a leading New York firm. He is married and has two children. He lives in New York, Paris and Rome.
Reviews for How The Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland´s Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
HOW THE IRISH SAVED CIVILISATION is a shamelessly engaging, effortlessly scholarly, utterly refreshing history of the origins of the Irish soul and its huge contribution to Western culture ... For its portrait of St Patrick alone, it will resonate in the memory.
Thomas Keneally
Lyrical, playful, penetrating and serious ... an entirely engaging, delectable voyage into the distant ... Read more
Thomas Keneally
Lyrical, playful, penetrating and serious ... an entirely engaging, delectable voyage into the distant ... Read more