No, I haven't read that series, kat. Thanks for the link. I'll see where my tastes take me next.

Something fascinating in the Cahill book is that he goes back to when Rome was in decline and shows by their own writings and actions that they didn't even know it. And he brings in Augustine, and shows how drastically he veered from being the sensitive thinker to becoming the Father of the Inquisition, eventually bringing in the undereducated empathic Patrick who arguably showed the Irish how their traditional way of life could blend and morph into the mores of Christianity.

I haven't been home much lately so I haven't finished the book yet but the end is approaching. I'm going to be sorry to finish it.