The Hawk and the Dove by Penelope Wilcock

The Hawk and the Dove by Penelope Wilcock

14th century Yorkshire: the time of Chaucer. Father Peregrine is appointed Abbot of St Alcuin's Benedictine abbey. An arrogant, impatient man, a hawk trying hard to be a dove - his name in religion is Columba - he is respected, but not loved. A sudden, shocking act of violence changes everything. As the story unfolds, this community of monks, serious about their calling but as flawed and human as we are, come to love their ascetic but now vulnerable leader. They lived six centuries ago, yet their struggles are our own. Finding our niche; coping with failure; living with impossible people; and discovering that we are the impossible ones.

Penelope Wilcock is the author of The Hawk and the Dove Series, as well as In Celebration of Simplicity and 100 Stand-Alone Bible Studies, among other works. She has worked as a hospice and school chaplain in addition to her many years as a Methodist minister. She resides in Hastings, East Sussex, with her five adult daughters.