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Cuthbert of Farne, a Novel of Northumbria's Warrior Saint (Audio DAISY Book)

Book 1 in series The Cuthbert Novels
By: Katharine Tiernan
Type: Fiction
Subject categories: Adventure, Historical, The Church, The Saints
Read by: Rosemary Pedley
Approximate time: 11 hours 51 minutes
Catalog number: 1120 (part of the Torch collection)
"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 favorite saint." This book is the first historical novel in this series about Cuthbert, the much-loved saint of the North. Cuthbert was a one-time warrior whose destiny it was to reconcile the warring parties in the early English Church.

Place of Repose, Saint Cuthbert's Last Journey (Audio DAISY Book)

Book 2 in series The Cuthbert Novels
By: Katharine Tiernan
Type: Fiction
Subject categories: Adventure, Historical, Suffering and Persecution, The Church, The Saints
Read by: Rosemary Pedley
Approximate time: 8 hours 23 minutes
Catalog number: 1121 (part of the Torch collection)
"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." Tiernan's second novel is a tale of violence and intrigue, revenge and reconciliation and of true love lost and found.

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