The Purple Thread

<p><strong>It is 733 AD in Anglo-Saxon Britain - a time of warriors war and religious extremes.</strong></p><p>Begiloc a young freedman from Wimborne is a man of action. But his world turns upside down when the young Briton and his best friend Meryn are ordered away to protect English missionaries in Germany.</p><p>For a man accustomed to brutality Begiloc has a soft spot for the purple-tinged mountains waterfalls lakes animals trees and flowers - beginning to muse whether they rather than Man do not better embody the essence of God.</p><p>Mission follows mission across the continent and Begiloc is driven ever further from his loved ones. His ultimate foe is the corrupt and cruel Bishop of Rems Milo.</p><p>Will Begiloc ever be free from his obligations to the Church and reunited with those whom he has been so long separated?</p><p>John Broughton's The Purple Thread is a historical thrill-ride across 8th century Europe which also rings some very contemporary bells and a tale of a man's psychological battle to sustain his faith and morality in the face of temptation and evil.</p>