Description
The year is 875, and the Danish King of York, Halfden Ragnarsson, is carrying fire and sword across Northumbria, burning churches and monasteries and killing their inhabitants. The once-great Christian kingdom is at the mercy of the heathen. The monks of Lindisfarne flee, taking the relics of Saint Cuthbert and the Lindisfarne Gospels with them. Their journey in search of a new home for the Saint lasts for seven years and changes the lives of the men who bear him for ever.
Katharine Tiernan's second novel is a tale of violence and intrigue, revenge and reconciliation - and of true love lost and found. An extraordinary story combines with the skilful and engaging recreation of characters and relationships at this fateful moment in the survival of Northumbria. Always in the background is the mysterious presence of Cuthbert, as the threads of destiny that will bind heathen and Christian, Dane and Saxon start to weave together.
Author: Katharine Tiernan
Publisher: Sacristy Press
Published: 02/15/2020
Pages: 198
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.45d
ISBN13: 9781789590784
ISBN10: 1789590787
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Religious | General
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