THE BOOK OF KELLS: Copulating Cats and Holy Men

Critically acclaimed writer, Simon Worrall,author of The Poet and The Murderer, takes readers on a colourful journey behind the scenes of the creation of one of the world's greatest art works, the illuminated manuscript known as The Book of Kells. On the way, you will learn fascinating details about the monks who created the illuminated manuscript; the origins of the designs and the extraordinary lengths they went to to procure the colors used in the illuminations. The result is an uplifting story of the triumph of the human spirit in a time of war and darkness, " a rainbow-bridge of light thrown across the Dark Ages. "