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Author Cahill, Thomas.

Title How the Irish saved civilization [sound recording] : the untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe / Thomas Cahill.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Random House Audio, [1999]
℗1999
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 95th Street Adult Books on CD Nonfiction  941.501 CAH    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Books on CD Nonfiction  941.501 CAH    AVAILABLE
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Description 7 sound discs (480 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Compact discs.
Title and subtitle from container.
Unabridged.
Cast Read by Donal Donnelly.
Summary A history of the Dark Ages showing that as Europe was in an intellectual decline, Ireland became a haven for scholarship.
Subject Learning and scholarship -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Sound recordings.
Civilization, Classical -- Study and teaching -- Ireland -- Sound recordings.
Books -- Ireland -- History -- 400-1400 -- Sound recordings.
Manuscripts -- Ireland -- History -- Sound recordings.
Monastic libraries -- Ireland -- Sound recordings.
Scriptoria -- Ireland -- Sound recordings.
Ireland -- History -- Sound recordings.
Local Subject BOOKS ON COMPACT DISC.
Added Author Donnelly, Donal.
ISBN 073930965X
9780739309650
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SRP 2012 X
August 20 2012
SRP 2012 REVIEW: I enjoyed the topic - a part of history that often gets forgotten, but the presentation was very ponderous. The author took way too long to tell the story, including long passages from the latin classics, taking twice as long to present the info as it should have taken.
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