Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain's Holiest Places

Welsh poet, Ifor Ap Glyn, explores Britain's most sacred places, revealing the incredible stories which helped spread Christianity throughout the English-speaking world.
Ifor explains the myths and legends of both instantly recognisable and lesser-known places of significant religious importance. He shows how Christianity swept the country and subsumed the older pagan beliefs. His inspirational journey charts the birthplace of ideas and communities which now span the globe. Highlights include the famous ruins of St Andrews Cathedral, Wales' best-preserved Roman site, war-torn Coventry Cathedral and North Yorkshire's Whitby Abbey - the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula. From the divine to the unexpected, ancient shrines to mountain hideaways, he asks how these magnificent sites shaped our world and what they can tell us about who we are today. (texto oficial de la distribuidora)