Glastonbury: The Novel of Christian EnglandCrossway Books, 1992 - Всего страниц: 859 "The story begins with the arrival of Joseph of Arimathea and his family, bearing the most sacred relic in all Christendom, the Holy Grail; and continues on to their confrontation with the Druids and the conversion of the new land to Christ; to the persecutions under the Roman Empire, until that rule is ended and Patrick becomes the first Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey; the adventures of King Arthur and his knights as they fend off invading barbarians; the revival of Christianity under St. Augustine of Canterbury; the struggle to keep alive the Faith in the midst of the Viking raids; the ages of Alfred the Great and Richard the Lionheart; and ends, finally, with the terrible upheavals under Henry VIII"--www.amazon.com. |
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... wall rising twelve feet above his head . The world called it Hadrian's Wall , but Marcellus thought of it as his wall . For three years now he had been chief engineer at Vercovicium , in charge of the continual refortifications and ...
... wall rising twelve feet above his head . The world called it Hadrian's Wall , but Marcellus thought of it as his wall . For three years now he had been chief engineer at Vercovicium , in charge of the continual refortifications and ...
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... wall to be repaired today . For two hours , while his men worked in response to his barked orders , he paced the wall - his wall - the wall to whose care he had devoted three years of his life . How could that officious ignoramus find ...
... wall to be repaired today . For two hours , while his men worked in response to his barked orders , he paced the wall - his wall - the wall to whose care he had devoted three years of his life . How could that officious ignoramus find ...
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... wall built — a turf barrier to hold the Picti farther back and mark out more land for the Empire . Marcellus was glad his century had not been among the four from Vercovicium ordered north to work on the new wall , even if the serious ...
... wall built — a turf barrier to hold the Picti farther back and mark out more land for the Empire . Marcellus was glad his century had not been among the four from Vercovicium ordered north to work on the new wall , even if the serious ...
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