![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thomas Cahill is best known, in his books and lectures, for taking on a broad scope of complex history and distilling it into a remarkably accessible, illuminating and entertaining narrative. These books comprise Volumes I, II, III, IV, and V respectively of "The Hinges of History," a prospective seven-volume series in which the author recounts formative moments in Western civilization. Spring 2009 The special guest speaker for the Spring 2009 Cairo Lectures April 1-4, was Thomas Cahill, the author of the best-selling books, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe, The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels, Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus, Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter, and Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe. ![]()
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