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• Pre-order now! Literature and Devotion in Later Medieval England: A selection of manuscripts from Durham University Library

  by Richard Gameson

  Paperback £14.99 Special pre-order price!
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-185-9

  Embracing poetic and prose writings on philosophy, contemplation and bibliophily, key service books for the clergy, and devotional texts for the laity, this book explores the interrelated themes of literature and devotion in England from the Black Death to the Reformation as seen through the lens of twenty-six precious manuscripts in Durham University Library.

  

• And Did Those Feet: The Story and Character of the English Church AD 200-2020

  by Patrick Whitworth

  Hardback £40.00
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-152-1

  Patrick Whitworth charts both the contribution and shortcomings of the English Church. An extraordinary story well told, this will remain the standard work on the Church in England for many years to come.

  

• Sink or Swim: Catholicism in Sixties Britain through John Ryan's Cartoons

  by Alana Harris and Isabel Ryan, and John Ryan (illustrator)

  Paperback £12.99
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-138-5

  Cartoons by John Ryan, better known as the creator of Captain Pugwash, provide a personal portrait of the extraordinary ups and downs of religion in the Sixties—encompassing the machinations of popes and cardinals, the testimony of expert witnesses, runaway priests, radical reformists and lay protest movements.

  

• Saints and Holy Places of Yorkshire: A Pilgrims' Guide to God's Own County

  by Gavin Wakefield ★★★★

  Paperback £9.99
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-103-3

  A unique guide for visitors to the many pilgrimage sites in Yorkshire and the holy people who have been associated with these places.

  

• Artistic Duplicity: The Fiction and Poetry of Juliana Horatia Ewing

  by William B. Dillingham

  Hardback £40.00 £35.00
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-063-0

  A new appraisal of the life and work of Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841-1885) as a writer of fiction and poetry for both children and adults.

  

• Queen Victoria’s Archbishops of Canterbury

  by Michael Chandler

  Paperback £19.99 £17.99
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-056-2

  Six pen portraits of the Archbishops of Canterbury during Queen Victoria's reign show how the Church of England and the Anglican Communion became what they are today.

  

• Captain Gray's Houses: A History of Sion Row, Twickenham

  by Robert Shepherd

  Hardback (full colour) £60.00
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-000-5

  The fascinating story of the eighteenth-century houses of Sion Row, Twickenham. In telling the story of these houses and their occupants, a remarkable social history is revealed.

  

• Suffering and Glory: The Church from the Apostles to Constantine

  by Patrick Whitworth and Richard Chartres (foreword)

  Paperback/Hardback £19.99
  ISBN: 978-1-910519-89-9

  The story of the growth of the early Christian community. A rapid, detailed and accurate narrative, full of picturesque scenes drawn directly from contemporary witnesses to the rise of Christianity in the Roman world.

  

• The Old Rectory: The Story of the English Parsonage

  by Anthony Jennings and Clive Aslet (foreword)

  Hardback £40.00 £30.00
  ISBN: 978-1-910519-51-6

  A “humdinging page-turner of a book” (The Spectator) that will “give great pleasure” (Country Life). The Old Rectory examines the history of the English parsonage through the centuries, and their many and varied styles of architecture. Explore the lives of famous inhabitants and discover the scandals of neglect.

  

• A Brief History of End Time: Prophecy and Apocalypse, then and now

  by Paula Clifford

  Paperback £14.99
  ISBN: 978-1-910519-37-0

  Why has the end of time exercised such strong fascination over the human imagination? In this entertaining and thorough exploration of end-time ideas and beliefs, Dr Paula Clifford reaches some thoughtful and surprising conclusions about the apocalypse and the end of the world.

  

• Sacred Ibis: The Ornithology of Canon Henry Baker Tristram, DD, FRS

  by W. G. Hale

  Hardback (with colour plates) £60.00 £45.00
  ISBN: 978-1-910519-13-4

  The ornithological exploits of a remarkable Victorian priest and explorer, Canon Henry Baker Tristram. As a founding member of the BOU, his nickname was “Sacred Ibis”.

  

• The Evil that Men Do: Faith, Injustice and the Church

  by Marcus K. Paul and Richard Cunningham (foreword) ★★★★★

  Paperback £14.99 £12.99
  ISBN: 978-1-908381-95-8

  At a time when barbarous acts of terrorism are being committed globally and society ponders whether the perpetrators are legitimate religious adherents, Marcus Paul makes an unflinching and counter-cultural examination of some of the worst periods in the Church’s history.

  

• Mostly Durham: Watercolour Paintings and Drawings of Durham and Beyond

  by Stuart Fisher and Michael Sadgrove (foreword)

  Hardback (colour) £24.99 £20.00
  ISBN: 978-1-910519-06-6

  Award-winning artist Stuart Fisher is considered to be one of the most talented painters of architectural landscapes in Northern England. Mostly Durham contains 75 of his beautiful watercolour paintings and drawings from around the historic city of Durham and beyond.

  

• Liberating Belsen: Remembering the Soldiers of the Durham Light Infantry

  by David Lowther ★★★★

  Paperback £9.99 £8.99
  ISBN: 978-1-908381-91-0

  Nothing could have prepared a small group of soldiers from the Durham Light Infantry for what they discovered in April 1945, less than a month before the end of WWII in Europe. We are told the story of the infantrymen who uncovered the monstrous crimes of the Belsen concentration camp, and the traumatic effect it had on their lives.

  

• St Cuthbert's Corpse: A Life After Death

  by David Willem ★★★★

  Paperback £8.99 £8.49
  ISBN: 978-1-908381-15-6

  The story of the life of St Cuthbert’s corpse, bringing together for the first time accounts of all 6 openings of his shrine, providing a unique history of the Saint from his death to the present day.

  

• Life in a Medieval Monastery: The Monks of Durham Cathedral

  by Anne Boyd ★★★★

  Paperback (colour) £9.99
  ISBN: 978-1-908381-14-9

  Durham Cathedral is one of the most complete sets of monastic buildings in Europe. Through its buildings and treasures we glimpse the life of this once-great monastery.

  

• Building St Cuthbert’s Shrine: Durham Cathedral and the Life of Prior Turgot

  by Lionel Green and Peter Hopkins (editor) ★★★★★

  Paperback £14.99
  ISBN: 978-1-908381-12-5

  Learn the fascinating story of the construction of Durham Cathedral, built as the Shrine of St Cuthbert, and the man responsible for its construction, Prior Turgot.

  

• The (True?) Story of Eustace the Monk

  by Kathryn Bedford ★★★★★

  Paperback (colour) £6.99
  ISBN: 978-1-908381-10-1

  Eustace was a naughty monk who lived in France during the Middle Ages. This engaging and enjoyable book for younger readers tells an intriguing story with an educational twist.