Colm Keane, Una O'Hagan

The Book of St. Brigid (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Feminist, farmer, abbess, bishop and miracle worker, St. Brigid has inspired Irish women and men down through the ages. She cared for the poor, healed the sick, and founded monastic settlements. She became patron saint of revolutionaries and women fighting for their rights. She is also credited with inventing the Rosary beads, brewing ale, and inspiring the first tiered wedding cake and Buy Irish campaign. Pirate Queen Grace O'Malley, Lady Gregory and Maud Gonne MacBride, regarded her as a guiding light. All of them, including Brigitte Bardot, are featured in this book. The book also describes her holy wells, St. Brigid's Crosses, churches, miracles and cures - providing you with all you will ever need to know about this iconic saint.

REVIEWS

'A work of great scholarship, but which is simultaneously a page-turner. It's a story of Brigids and Bridgets, of Bridies and Biddies, of Brides and Bredas, and it entertained me from start to finish. It's a triumph.' Pat Kenny, Newstalk

'Colm and Una are the only writers who can get me reading about the lives of the saints. They bring Brigid to life with their customary colour, great anecdotes, and give context to her extraordinary life.' Brendan O'Connor, RTÉ Radio 1

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Capel Island Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798201263942
• Artikelnr.: 62318887

Autorenporträt

Colm Keane has published 28 books, including eight No. 1 bestsetllers, among them The Little Flower: St. Therese of Lisieux, Padre Pio: Irish Encounters with the Saint, Going Home , We'll Meet Again and Heading for the Light. He is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Georgetown University, Washington DC. As a broadcaster, he won a Jacob's Aware and a Glaxo Fellowship for European Science Writers. His books, spanning 14 chart bestsellers, include Padre Pio: The Scent of Roses, The Distant Shore and Forewarned.