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Author inspired by mysterious Irish island
Review date: 1999-11-23 Rating: 8 out of 10
This is a book about the rock of Skellig Mhichel, where between c500 and 1200AD Irish monks eked out a precarious existence. The author has covered the island's story in a number of chapters which are factional- he has imagined fictional situations and characters based on what little is known of the island from original sources. Other chapters give the facts about the island- about Celtic monasticism, the Anchorites and the island's wildlife etc. These can be read seperately or as footnotes to the fictional chapters. I enjoyed this book when I read it and it tries to capture the spirtuality of the monks, what they believed in, how they came to be on the rock and so on. The title is also explained in one of the chapters but I won't spoil the story for you! My favourite chapter dealt with the Culdee- a member of a strict 11th C order- who visits the island and sets himself up away from the monks. In his attempt to get closer to God he literally experiences a great fall.
Alex Drysdale
Product Details/Specifications
Authors:
Geoffrey Moorhouse
Recording label: The Collins Press
Manufacturer: The Collins Press
EAN: 9781848890046
Binding: Paperback
Dewey decimal number: 941.96
ISBN: 1848890044
Number of items: 1
Number of pages: 255
Publication date: 2009-06-01
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Published)
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