A romantic, historical novel set partly against the background of the first world war and partly in the 1930s. The citizens of Oakdale hail the Revd James Wortley as a prophet when he appears to predict the outbreak of the First World War but some turn on him when he takes a pacifist stand. As he battles with their opposition he also faces an inner conflict with loneliness and temptation. Two decades later, Heulwen Hughes, a young Welsh student teacher, sets out to trace her biological father. In the process she finds more than she was looking for.
A romantic, historical novel set partly against the background of the first world war and partly in the 1930s. The citizens of Oakdale hail the Revd J...
The first eleven chapters of the Bible are the subject of controversy between religious and scientific fundamentalists.These arguments miss the point. It's only when you look at these narratives as art that they come to life, yielding treasures of wisdom and insight and challenging our outlook and culture, raising the the question, "Where does human creativity come from?
The first eleven chapters of the Bible are the subject of controversy between religious and scientific fundamentalists.These arguments miss the point....
