Place of Repose: St Cuthbert's Last Journey Tiernan Katharine
Place of Repose: St Cuthbert's Last Journey Tiernan Katharine The year is 875, and the Danish King of York, Halfden Ragnarsson, is carrying fire and sword across Northumbria, burning churches and…
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Place of Repose: St Cuthbert's Last Journey Tiernan Katharine
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 monks of Lindisfarne flee, taking the relics of Saint Cuthbert and the Lindisfarne Gospels with them. The once-great Christian kingdom is at the mercy of the heathen.
An extraordinary story combines with the skilful and engaging recreation of characters and relationships at this fateful moment in the survival of Northumbria. 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. Always in the background is the mysterious presence of Cuthbert, as the threads of destiny that will bind heathen and