A gripping tale of love and war set in Anglo-Saxon Northumbria at the time of the Viking invasion. In their quest to preserve the precious relics of St Cuthbert and the Lindisfarne Gospels, a small band of brothers travel the war-torn country in search of safe haven. A journey through violence and intrigue, lost identity and reconciliation.

Place of Repose

Tiernan, Katharine

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What made a young Anglo-Saxon warrior lay down his sword and enter a monastery? Why would he turn his back on wealth and position - and women? Seventh-century England is a time of war and religious divisions that threaten to split the Church. As a reconciler and peace-maker he is much loved by those around him, and his antagonist, the powerful Bishop Wilfrid, respects him. When Cuthbert's vocation takes him to the windswept solitude of Inner Farne, his long-foretold destiny lies in wait for him. He is summoned back to become the most powerful churchman in the land. This gripping historical novel takes us to the heart of Cuthbert's world and sheds new light on the life and times of the North's favourite saint.

Cuthbert of Farne: A novel of Northumbria's warrior saint (The Cuthbert Novels)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Sacristy Press

Cuthbert of Farne: A novel of Northumbria's warrior saint

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.

Place of Repose: St Cuthbert's Last Journey (The Cuthbert Novels)

The Harrying of the North... In 1069 Northumbria is in revolt against Norman rule. William the Conqueror's brutal reprisal devastates the province and brings untold suffering to its people. Caught between the Northumbrian rebels and their new Norman masters, the Community of Saint Cuthbert at Durham is struggling to survive. But the mysterious influence of the Saint brings aid from the furthest corners of the kingdom--and from some of the least likely of his followers: <ul> <li>Thorgot, an Anglo-Norse adventurer from Lincoln on the run from the Normans</li> <li>Edith, the repudiated wife of Durham's dean</li> <li>Aldwyn, a visionary monk of Winchcombe</li> </ul> Extraordinary twists of destiny draw the three together to bring about a new order from the ashes of the old. By the time the foundation stone is laid for a new cathedral at Durham, their lives have changed for ever and the survival of the shrine is assured. A gripping story of violence, heartbreak and redemption that brings the trilogy of novels about Northumbria's warrior saint to a dramatic conclusion.

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