The Ecclesiastical Chronicles

To the arrogant members of the board lineage wealth and social status inherently guarantee their right to power and control. This group of privileged Anglicans - citizens from the village of Abersthwaithe on the small island of Ischalton believe they can use their elevated role to govern over those they consider insignificant. <br> One lone group stands against them. The legal officers of St. Patrick's church in the village struggle to retain their authority against the board but it is a fight that will take immense strength. The board employs every form of moral turpitude possible in its quest for victory. They lure the people from surrounding villages-the very people they despise-to help them gnaw at the fabric which binds them together as a church and as a community.<br> The betrayal adultery and murder among the members of the Board juxtaposed with the ignorance naivet�� and pitiable simplemindedness of the villagers weaves a complex tapestry of circumstances which threaten to bring the steeple of contradiction crumbling to the ground-and could forever alter the future of Abersthwaithe.<br> <i>The Ecclesiastical Chronicles</i> is the first in a stunning new series by <b>Raymond Gordon</b> that explores how the relentless pursuit to fulfill ambition eventually leads to ultimate destruction.