Glastonbury

Glastonbury Abbey was according to legend the center from which radiated a Christian presence on that island for two thousand years a sacred site from which the Christian faith was passed down through the generations.<p>The story begins with the arrival of Joseph of Arimathea and his family bearing the most sacred relic in all Christendom the Holy Grail; and continues on to their confrontation with the Druids and the conversion of the new land to Christ; to the persecutions under the Roman Empire until that rule is ended and Patrick becomes the first Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey; the adventures of King Arthur and his knights as they fend off invading barbarians; the revival of Christianity under St. Augustine of Canterbury; the struggle to keep alive the Faith in the midst of the Viking raids; the ages of Alfred the Great and Richard the Lionheart; and ends finally with the terrible upheavals under Henry VIII.<p>Glastonbury was dissolved but its ruins still stand as a beacon of hope and destination of pilgrims down to our own time. Here is the telling of an immense spiritual epic--a stirring novel of Christian faith.