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Sun Dancing - by Geoffrey Moorhouse (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • Visible on a clear day off the west coast of Ireland, the Skellig Islands, a cluster of cruel rocks, rise spectacularly from the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Author(s): Geoffrey Moorhouse
  • 304 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical

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Book Synopsis



Visible on a clear day off the west coast of Ireland, the Skellig Islands, a cluster of cruel rocks, rise spectacularly from the Atlantic Ocean. A sanctuary to birds and seals today, for over six hundred years during the middle ages it was a center for a particularly intense form of monastic life, one that acclaimed writer Geoffrey Moorhouse explores with utmost fascination, scholarship, and imagination in Sun Dancing. A must read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Celtic spirituality, Moorhouse's lively narrative is a superbly imagined account of the monks' isolated life-the spiritual struggles and triumphs and unbelievable physical hardships. To complement and enrich the book, Moorhouse establishes the historical context of Irish monasticism and describes the monks' influence and undeniable role in preserving western civilization, as well as unexpected connections between medieval Ireland and India, Egypt, and Byzantium, and the surviving impact of pagan mythology. An entertaining and enlightening work, Sun Dancing makes medieval Ireland come alive.



Review Quotes




"Geoffrey Moorhouse has taken his fascination with the Skellig Islands and created from it a unique work. . . . Its distinctive combination of documentary fiction and engrossing scholarship will compel many readers."-Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler's List and The Great Shame
"Highly original, gracefully written, and carefully researched . . . Moorhouse can go deep, and his scholarship is impressive."-The Boston Globe
"Moorhouse writes with eloquence and a quiet humor calculated to charm even the blackest of heathens."-The Atlantic Monthly
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Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .74 Inches (D)
Weight: .59 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 304
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Historical
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Geoffrey Moorhouse
Language: English
Street Date: March 1, 1999
TCIN: 77253511
UPC: 9780156006026
Item Number (DPCI): 247-52-2111
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.74 inches length x 5 inches width x 8 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.59 pounds
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