Every Pilgrim's Guide to Engliand's Holy Places [Paperback]

Michael Counsell (Author)

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Publication Date: October 6, 2011

England's rich spiritual history is portrayed in this informative pocket travel companion, covering more than a thousand places that can be visited today. Cathedrals and abbeys, simple chapels, martyrs' memorials, pilgrim shrines and famous resting places are all featured in this book which connects us to our deepest spiritual roots, reveals the vast holy land lying beneath our feet and tells the stories of the men and women who shaped it.

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Michael Counsell is the author of "Every Pilgrim's Guide to the Journey's of the Apostles", "Every Pilgrim's Guide to Oberammergau", "2000 Years of Prayer" and "All through the Night". Recently retired from parish ministry in London, he is presently serving an Anglican church in Athens.

Product Details

• Paperback: 254 pages
• Publisher: Canterbury Press (October 6, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853115223
• ISBN-13: 978-1853115226
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,338,065 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars a great guide to avoid tourist mobs, January 5, 2007

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And you will end up going to places and seeing things far from the throngs who are headed for all the fashionable sites listed in most tourist guides. You will also find yourself in a world of peace and calm of another time in buildings and sites built on the idea that we can all be better than we are--even if you don't have a religious bone in your body. My favorite places discussed in the book are Ely Catheral with its magnificent wooden lantern sixty feet across above the transept. Or perhaps you'll prefer Wells Cathedral and the ruins of nearby Glastonbury Abbey. But then the choices are endless with this great guide in hand. Maybe even better is Fountains Abbey on a summer afternoon.