Augustine Came to Kent

1964, the first UK edition of Barbara Willard's historical adventure

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First UK edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 20.5 × 13.5cm, 194pp.

It is the year 597 and Pope Gregory is sending a select number of his monks, led by Fr. Augustine, to re-evangelize England. Young Wolf, born in that land but raised in Rome, accompanies his father, Wolfstan, who goes as a guide and interpreter. Though the King of Kent's wife is a Christian, the missionaries from Rome do not know whether they will be welcomed, tolerated or martyred. In a story full of adventure, Wolf meets Fritha, a Saxon girl whose life and destiny are soon closely bound up with his own.

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This copy is in very good condition.