CELTIC SAINTS OF IRELAND

History Press, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. B&W photos, maps, and color photo section. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2013 History Press trade paperback, first edition. Problem: top back cover panel corner shows a crease which also creased 4 page corners as well. Not horrible, but there. The book is loaded with B&W pictures, maps, charts and there is also a nice color photo section. CONTENT: Most books about Celtic saints are based on their legendary medieval lives. This book, however, is based upon our earliest surviving information: a study of the sites where these early Christians lived and worked. Archeology, combined with early inscriptions and texts, offers us important clues which help us to piece together something of the fascinating world of early Irish Christianity. The book is illustrated with the author's own evocative photographs of where each saint lived and worked, drawing readers into the beautiful world which these men and women inhabited. Elizabeth Rees is a Roman Catholic nun and one of Britain's leading authorities on the Celtic saints in relation to the sites where they lived and worked. She is the author of six books on early Christianity.