This book is an amazing book for all of you Historical Fiction fans out there!!!
Synopsis:
Although born to rule, Aiden lives as a scribe in a remote Irish monastery on the far, wild edge of Christendom. Secure in work, contemplation, and dreams of the wider world, a miracle bursts into Aiden's quiet life. he is chosen to accompany a small band of monks on a quest to the farthest eastern reaches of the known world, to the fables city of Byzantium, where they are to present a beautiful and costly hand-illuminated manuscript, the Book of Kells, to the Emperor of all Christendom.
Thus begins an expedition by sea and over land, as Aiden becomes , by turns, a warrior and a sailor, and slave and a spy, a Viking and a Saracen, and finally, a Man. He sees more of the world than most men of his time, becoming an ambassador to Kings and an intimate of Byzantium's fabled Golden Court. And finally this valiant Irish monk faces the greatest trial that can confront any man in any age: commanding his own destiny.
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