Book Details
Title: Augustine Came to Kent
Author: Barbara Willard
Illustrator: Hans Guggenheim
Publisher: The World's Work Ltd.
Year: 1964
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover and Dust Jacket
Pages: 194
Dimensions: L20.5cm xW3.5cm x D2cm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: N/A
Battle Scars:
Good read condition. Dustcover is in good condition. Some shelf wear to edges, ends and corners, including rubbing and small tears in places. On the right lower corner there appears that a previous label has been removed, with some of the print removed. There is age staining to the cover in places. The hardcover boards are red with gold embossing on the spine which is intact. The boards are in good condition with a little crushing to the ends of the spine and a couple of corners. Binding is firm and intact. A few pages have age spots here and there, but overall pages appear in good shape. There is foxing to the page margins which can be seen when the book is closed.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"The year is A.D. 597. Across the dark sea the shores of England loom shadowy and strange. The journey from Rome to Kent is about to end, and a great battle is soon to begin. Whatever the outcome, young Wolf has made up his mind to see it and serve the leader of Pope Gregory's long-planned mission to England, Father Augustine.
In a story full of adventure, Wolf meets Fritha, a Saxon girl whose life and destiny are soon entangled with his own. At Canterbury, the old Roman city, Fritha and her father become Augustine's first Christian converts. In anger, neighbours burn their farm and Fritha barely escapes to find Wolf in the village of his ancestors. There the account of two bold young people reaches a surprising climax. And in the once pagan city King Ethelbert of Kent is baptised and Augustine is proclaimed as the first Archbishop of Canterbury".
Book Details
Title: Augustine Came to Kent
Author: Barbara Willard
Illustrator: Hans Guggenheim
Publisher: The World's Work Ltd.
Year: 1964
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover and Dust Jacket
Pages: 194
Dimensions: L20.5cm xW3.5cm x D2cm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: N/A
Battle Scars:
Good read condition. Dustcover is in good condition. Some shelf wear to edges, ends and corners, including rubbing and small tears in places. On the right lower corner there appears that a previous label has been removed, with some of the print removed. There is age staining to the cover in places. The hardcover boards are red with gold embossing on the spine which is intact. The boards are in good condition with a little crushing to the ends of the spine and a couple of corners. Binding is firm and intact. A few pages have age spots here and there, but overall pages appear in good shape. There is foxing to the page margins which can be seen when the book is closed.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"The year is A.D. 597. Across the dark sea the shores of England loom shadowy and strange. The journey from Rome to Kent is about to end, and a great battle is soon to begin. Whatever the outcome, young Wolf has made up his mind to see it and serve the leader of Pope Gregory's long-planned mission to England, Father Augustine.
In a story full of adventure, Wolf meets Fritha, a Saxon girl whose life and destiny are soon entangled with his own. At Canterbury, the old Roman city, Fritha and her father become Augustine's first Christian converts. In anger, neighbours burn their farm and Fritha barely escapes to find Wolf in the village of his ancestors. There the account of two bold young people reaches a surprising climax. And in the once pagan city King Ethelbert of Kent is baptised and Augustine is proclaimed as the first Archbishop of Canterbury".
