Dustan of Glastonbury's story is not one of a humble life long servant of God. Yes, he was a priest, but that does not always mean without sin. Dustan served seven Kings, and the story of his life and how he came to influence those kings and build his church is fascinating.
Conn Iggulden is one if not the premier writer of historical fiction. His Genghis and Cesar series are some of the best I have read. THE ABBOT'S TALE tells a story of power and intrigue in the Middle Ages. The research and realism of the writing take readers back in time and makes them feel as if they are they watching everything unfold. This is the power with which Conn Iggulden writes all his books.
You will follow Dustan from a youth into one of the most powerful men of his era. Dustan will rise, fall and get back up again. He is determined to create a church and will let nothing stop him.
In the year 937, the new king of England, a grandson of Alfred the Great, readies himself to go to war in the north. His dream of a united kingdom of all England will stand or fall on one field—on the passage of a single day. At his side is the priest Dunstan of Glastonbury, full of ambition and wit (perhaps enough to damn his soul). His talents will take him from the villages of Wessex to the royal court, to the hills of Rome—from exile to exaltation. Through Dunstan's vision, by his guiding hand, England will either come together as one great country or fall back into anarchy and misrule . . .
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