A compelling historical novel set in Gloucestershire and delving into the Tudor time period.

Something odd is happening to John Faversham, a scientifically minded Englishman of the late 20th century. By chance, he acquires a volume of poems by a minor 19th century poet, who turns out to have lived in his house. Moreover, one of the poems records a vivid dream which has recently been troubling John. How does he come to share a disturbing dream with a long-dead previous owner of his house? As Anthony Duncan's novel unfolds, we discover the roots of the story in the events of the English Reformation in the 16th century. This sometimes startling tale powerfully displays dynamics of sin and redemption, working across time. But the author avoids any easy moralism. The novel is all the more powerful in its compelling depiction of life's knotted fabric, in which good and evil cannot be easily untangled.

ISBN: 978-1-908011-11-4
Copyright: the estate of Anthony Duncan
Language: English
Pages: 226  
Binding: perfect-bound paperback
Interior print: black & white
Dimensions: 15.2cm wide × 22.9cm tall (6 x 9 in)

Published October 18th 2011

£11.99

$18.99

Anthony Duncan, the son of a Scottish father and English mother, was born in 1930. Originally a regular officer in the British Army, he later served for over thirty years as a parish priest in the Church of England until his retirement in 1995. One time curate of Tewkesbury Abbey, he also served as vicar of Parkend in the Forest of Dean and other parishes in Gloucestershire and Northumberland. He died in 2003.

Anthony Duncan wrote many books on spiritual, mystical and esoteric subjects - primarily non-fiction - and was experienced as a retreat conductor and as a lecturer.