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- Your search for "title: "To the island of tides, a journey to Lindisfarne"" returned 2 hits
178689632X 
Book 
Year: 2019
Language: English
Type: Book
Class Number: 914.288
Publisher: Canongate
Physical or Electronic: Physical
ISBN: 9781786896322
Note: In 'To the Island of Tides', Alistair Moffat travels to - and through the history of - the fated island of Lindisfarne. Walking from his home in the Borders, through the historical landscape of Scotland and northern England, he takes us on a pilgrimage in the footsteps of saints and scholars, before arriving for a secular retreat on the Holy Isle. Lindisfarne, famous for its monastery, home to Saints Aidan and Cuthbert and the place where the celebrated Lindisfarne Gospels were written, has long been a place of sanctuary. It is an island rich in history: the Romans knew it as Insula Medicata; it reached the height of its fame in the dark ages, even survived Viking raids, before ultimately being abandoned after Henry VIII's dissolution of the monastery. Today the isle maintains its position as a space for retreat and spiritual renewal.
Target audience: Adult
xvii, 317 pages, maps (black and white) ; 24 cm (hbk)
BX00122102 
Book
Year: 2021
Language: English
Type: Book
Class Number: 914.288
Publisher: Canongate
Physical or Electronic: Physical
ISBN: 9781786896346
Note: Originally published: 2019 In 'To the Island of Tides', Alistair Moffat travels to - and through the history of - the fated island of Lindisfarne. Walking from his home in the Borders, through the historical landscape of Scotland and northern England, he takes us on a pilgrimage in the footsteps of saints and scholars, before arriving for a secular retreat on the Holy Isle. Lindisfarne, famous for its monastery, home to Saints Aidan and Cuthbert and the place where the celebrated Lindisfarne Gospels were written, has long been a place of sanctuary. It is an island rich in history: the Romans knew it as Insula Medicata; it reached the height of its fame in the dark ages, even survived Viking raids, before ultimately being abandoned after Henry VIII's dissolution of the monastery. Today the isle maintains its position as a space for retreat and spiritual renewal.
Target audience: Adult
xvii, 317 pages, maps (black and white) ; 20 cm (pbk)