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Bragg, Melvyn

 
9780375500039: The Sword and the Miracle: A Novel
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0375500030 ISBN 13: 9780375500039
Verlag: Random House Inc, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

Bega, a lovely Irish princess gifted with miraculous powers, and Padric, a magnetic British warrior-prince, find themselves torn between spiritual fulfillment and physical desire, ideals and political expediency, in a novel set against the backdrop of the seventh-century dawn of Christianity. 100,000 first printing.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Melvyn Bragg is renowned for his filmed features and interviews with writers, artists and actors on his long-running British television program The South Bank Show.  His interest in the Dark Ages began during his studies at Oxford University and his idea for The Sword and the Miracle emanated from his discovery of a small church dedicated to St. Bega, near his hometown in England's Lake District.  One of the most prominent figures in British media and arts, he is the chairman of the hit BBC radio series Start of the Week and controller of arts at London Weekend Television.  He lives in Hampstead Hill Gardens, London.

Melvyn Bragg is the chairman of the hit BBC radio series Start the Week and controller of arts at London Weekend Television.

Aus dem Klappentext

's acclaimed epic novel is set at the tumultuous dawn of Christianity in Britain and Ireland. It is a stunning story of adventure and spirituality, war and romance, but it is deeply rooted in Bragg's historical studies of the Dark Ages, and it throws into question our modern-day conceptions of faith, hope, and true love.

Two people destined to be lovers sacrifice themselves for what they believe to be a greater destiny. For the warrior Padric, a charismatic British prince, it is the salvation of his people and homeland from warring Northumbrian overlords; for Bega, a bewitching Irish princess, it is carrying out her self-imposed commitment to spread the word of God. She, bearing a fragment of the true cross, is gifted with miraculous powers; he is a swordsman without peer. Their disparate missions send them apart as they travel throughout the frigid wilderness of a primitive England beset by terror and villainy. Faith is pi

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Verlag
Random House Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
1997
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0375500030
ISBN 13 
9780375500039
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
541
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