This book is a tome! Despite being a hefty book, I was always glad to pick it up again. It is one of those books that doesn't keep me up into the wee hours, but it does keep me coming back, little by little, to finish the story.

It chronicles a monk's voyage from Ireland to Constantinople and beyond with the Book of Kells. Along the way he is slave and advisor to kings. He visits the north (Skania) and Arab countries.

Worth a read, but not sure I will ever reread.