Thomas Cahill, author portrait

Thomas Cahill

THOMAS CAHILL’s appealing approach to distant history won the attention of millions of readers in North America and beyond. Cahill is the author of six volumes in the Hinges of History series: How the Irish Saved Civilization, The Gifts of the Jews, Desire of the Everlasting Hills, Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Mysteries of the Middle Ages, and Heretics and Heroes. They have been bestsellers not only in the United States but also in countries ranging from Italy to Brazil. He is also the author of A Saint on Death Row. He died in 2022.
Heretics and Heroes
Mysteries of the Middle Ages
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea
Desire of the Everlasting Hills
Journal of a Soul
The Gifts of the Jews
How the Irish Saved Civilization

Books

Heretics and Heroes
Mysteries of the Middle Ages
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea
Desire of the Everlasting Hills
Journal of a Soul
The Gifts of the Jews
How the Irish Saved Civilization

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