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The year is 875, and the Danish king of York, Halfden Ragnarsson, is carrying fire and sword across Northumbria: the once-great Christian country is at the mercy of the heathen. The monks of Lindisfarne flee, taking the relics of Saint Cuthbert and the Lindisfarne Gospels with them. Their journey in search of a new home for the Saint lasts for seven years, and changes the lives of the brothers for ever. It is a tale of ambition and intrigue, revenge and reconciliation -- and for the youngest of the brothers, of true love lost and found. This gripping novel makes a distant world vital, vivid and appealing to the contemporary reader. An extraordinary story combines with the skilful and engaging re-creation of characters and relationships at this fateful moment in the survival of Northumbria.

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Just finished Place of Repose and thoroughly enjoyed it -- the narrative fairly raced along. -- A Martin, Edinburgh I couldnt put it down, and read straight through. I really enjoyed the book, and felt the author shed some real light on a little bit of the Dark Ages. -- S Best, Watford Tiernan writes so well and so clearly every word counts, every character is believable and sympathetic. She draws such an immediate and evocative picture that at times I forgot I was readingabout the 9th century. The narrative itself is gripping, while the deep scholarship is so well woveninto the whole that it never becomes intrusive, but still gives a real feeling of authenticity. And,most of all, I was often very moved by the story. -- M Macmillan, Hawick Fabulous! Now we feel bereft -- we want to know what will happen to them all next! -- F Ryan, Borders

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Katharine Tiernan was brought up in Northumberland close to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, and brings her deep knowledge and love of the area to this remarkable story.

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