Authors

Clay Lane

in The Copy Book

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Sign of Deliverance

While the besieged citizens of Novgorod huddled for protection in the city gaol, Archbishop John remained in his cathedral to pray.

86

The Ghosts of Edgehill

The first battle of the English Civil War was a cautious affair, but rumours persisted that it went on long after it had finished.

87

The Theotokos of Vladimir

It is one of the world’s most recognisable works of art, and a symbol of God’s blessing on all Christian Rus’.

88

The Fir and the Bramble

A vain fir is stopped short in her boasting by a clear-thinking bush.

89

The Conversion of Saul

A fiery fanatic wins support for the suppression of Christianity in its very cradle.

90

Frank Foley

A mild-mannered clerk in the British Embassy’s passport office in Berlin, just before the outbreak of war in 1939, was not all he seemed to be.