Sun Dancing: A Medieval Vision: The Rock

Sun Dancing: A Medieval Vision: The Rock

by Geoffrey Moorhouse (Author)

Synopsis

In the tradition of Simon Schama- an award winning travel writer reconstructs life on a an atlantic rock just off the Irish coast that for 600 years housed a medieval monastery.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: 1st edn
Publisher: Orion
Published: 14 Apr 1997

ISBN 10: 0297815954
ISBN 13: 9780297815952
Book Overview: * by award winning travel writer ( Thomas Cook Prize ) * the usual and the little known story of the rock itself * Possible tie- in TV programme.

Author Bio
Geoffrey Moorhouse is 'one of the best writers of our time' (Byron Rogers, The Times), 'a brilliant historian' (Dirk Bogarde, Daily Telegraph) and 'a writer whose gifts are beyond category' (Jan Morris, Independent on Sunday). He is the author of eighteen books, which have won prizes and been translated into several languages. In 1982 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His To the Frontier won the Thomas Cook Award for the best travel book of its year in 1984. He has recently concentrated on Tudor history, notably with THE PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE and, in 2005, GREAT HARRY'S NAVY. He lives in a hill village in North Yorkshire.