When investigating the site for a municipal office complex, archaeologists made one of the most important discoveries in Ireland’s history. Buried beneath the present-day city of Dublin was the original Viking settlement from the ninth or tenth century, in an extraordinary state of preservation - houses, undecayed wood, domestic furniture, jewellery, toys, tools, works of art, coins, and a layout of the medieval town.  While the National Museum was ready to turn the site over to the city’s developers, a group of prominent literary and political figures seized Wood Quay, preventing bulldozers from moving in. Realizing the significance of the find, the people of Dublin took charge and kept the builders at bay while they pressed the museum to return to its archaeological work.  Ultimately between almost two million artifacts were recovered.  Hardback.  155 pages.  Good clean condition in a good dustjacket.  Cat No 3384