Credo

By: Melvyn Bragg

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Paperback | 1 July 2004 | Edition Number 2

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800 Pages

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An enthralling tale set in the 7th century - the story of Bega, a young Irish princess who flees to Britain following the murder of the man she is supposed to marry, and her tutor Padric, a British prince with whom she falls in love. Bega devotes herself to spreading the Christian faith, but struggles all her life against her love for Padric. He tries to forget her in the fight to free his Cumbrian kingdom from the Northumbrian Teutonic invaders, which, after the momentous Synod of Whitby, becomes bound up in a bloody conflict between the Celtic and Roman churches. This dramatic, passionate novel brings to life a land of warring kings, Christians and pagans, and tribes divided by language and culture, illuminating a little-known yet critical period in British history.

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A gripping saga of great passion ... sustained, impassioned and uplifting - The Times

An absorbing epic ... as splendid a ripping yarn as any of the best classics - Daily Telegraph

A gripping, deeply accomplished work - Evening Standard

I loved it ... Bragg's stately, seething, passionate epic is several cuts above modern attempts at historical fiction - Literary Review

A beguiling entry into a society strange, neglected, important, tragic in many of its triumphs - Spectator

Wonderfully evocative, passionate and erudite ... No summary could do justice to a book of this erudition, romance and scope - Glasgow Herald

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