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*** A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER TRAVEL BOOK OF 2024 ***

Excellentimmensely well-researched and playful. Smith has written something special. -- Patrick Galbraith, The Times

Imaginative and engaging -- Country Life

Acclaimed travel writer Oliver Smith sets out to radically reframe our idea of pilgrimage' in Britain by retracing sacred travel made across time, from murmurs of ritual journeys in the depths of Ice Age to new pilgrimages of the 21st century.

He embarks on an epic adventure across sacred British landscapes climbing into remote sea caves, sleeping inside Neolithic tombs, scaling forgotten holy mountains and once marooning himself at sea. Following holy roads to churches, cathedrals and standing stones, this evocative and enlightening travelogue explores places prehistoric, pagan and Christian, but also reveals how football stadiums and music festivals have become contemporary places of pilgrimage.

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On This Holy Island

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 1/27/2025
      ISBN-13 9781399409049
      978-1399409049
      ISBN-10 1399409042
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      Non Fiction Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      *** A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER TRAVEL BOOK OF 2024 ***

      Excellentimmensely well-researched and playful. Smith has written something special. -- Patrick Galbraith, The Times

      Imaginative and engaging -- Country Life

      Acclaimed travel writer Oliver Smith sets out to radically reframe our idea of pilgrimage' in Britain by retracing sacred travel made across time, from murmurs of ritual journeys in the depths of Ice Age to new pilgrimages of the 21st century.

      He embarks on an epic adventure across sacred British landscapes climbing into remote sea caves, sleeping inside Neolithic tombs, scaling forgotten holy mountains and once marooning himself at sea. Following holy roads to churches, cathedrals and standing stones, this evocative and enlightening travelogue explores places prehistoric, pagan and Christian, but also reveals how football stadiums and music festivals have become contemporary places of pilgrimage.

      The route

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