The Hawk and the Dove Wilcock Paperback SPCK – Lion Fiction 9781782641391

The Hawk and the DoveAuthor(s): Penelope Wilcock\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: SPCK Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: Lion Fiction\nISBN-13: 9781782641391, 978-1782641391\nSynopsis\n'Even in the darkest moments of the story, hope tarries in the wings. A wonderful writer, a wonderful read.' Liz Curtis Higgs, New York Times bestselling author\n\n'Wonderfully insightful, with a rich historical storyline. There's more substantial content here than in much Christian fiction - about grace, about leadership and loyalty, about humility, about disability and suffering.' [url]\n\nThe Hawk And The Dove is the opening title in this a series centred around the fictional Benedictine monastery of St Alcuin's, in Yorkshire, and set in the fourteenth century.\n\nAt the start of the first novel Father Peregrine is appointed Abbot, at the age of 45. Father Peregrine, whose name in religion is Columba, is an arrogant, impatient man, a hawk trying hard to be a dove, whose struggles to manifest the ch.