In this house of Brede

This extraodinarily senstitive and insightful portrait of religious life centers on Phillippa Talbot, a highly successful professional woman who leaves her life among the London elite to join a cloistered Benedictine community. In this gripping narrative of the crises surrounding the ancient Brede a...

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Main Author: Godden, Rumer, 1907-1998
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago: Loyola Press, 2005.
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