Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
254
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 1979
Publisher
Victor Gollancz
ISBN-10
0575026162
ISBN-13
9780575026162
Description
(Biography of the founder of the Iona monastery and community in which the author, having studied ancient documents and reading between the lines, sets out to destroy the accepted mythical image. He investigates the unconventional role of Columba as warrior-priest and king-maker as well as devout Christian, and traces his journeys from Ireland to Iona, Lindisfarne, Canterbury and Wales)