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A captivating novel that recalls the work of Umberto Eco and Barry Unsworth. In 1483, Father Felix Fabri sets sail from Germany to Mount Sinai on a pilgrimage to venerate the relics of the spiritual bride he took when he first swore his vows, the martyr Saint Katherine of Alexandria. But Father Fabri finds himself thrust into a deep and strange mystery when he discovers that, little by little, the remains of... (more)

The Last Cato: A Novel

by Matilde Asensi

A masterful blend of Christian scholarship and thrilling adventure, The Last Cato is a novel about the race to find the secret location of the Vera Cruz, the True Cross on which Christ was crucified, and the ancient brotherhood sworn to protect it. Holy relics are disappearing from sacred spots around the world—and the Vatican will do whatever it takes to stop the thieves from stealing what is left of the... (more)

The Quest For the True Cross

by Carsten Peter Thiede

The Cross is arguably the most recognizable symbol of Western civilization. But what are its historical origins and what happened to it after Christ's crucifixion? In a church outside Rome, a fragment of wood may hold the answer to these questions and could be fundamental to our understanding of Christianity. Focusing on a long-ignored fragment of the Titulus Crucis-the inscribed headboard from Christ's cross-the... (more)

Error, Misuse, Failure: Object Lessons from the English Renaissance

Error, Misuse, Failure: Object Lessons from the English Renaissance

by Julian Yates

If certain objects work well, no one notices them. As with "black boxes," their success may be gauged by their relative invisibility-and this was the indirect goal of the objects that Julian Yates considers here: the portrait miniature, the relic, the privy (flush toilet), the printed text, and the priest-hole (a secret hiding place for Catholic priests in Protestant England). Because each of these... (more)

In Search of the Shroud of Turin: New Light on Its History and OriginsRobert Drews

In Search of the Shroud of Turin: New Light on Its History and Origins

by Robert Drews

Annie Sloan Decorative Wood Finishes: A Practical Guide

Annie Sloan Decorative Wood Finishes: A Practical Guide

by Annie Sloan

Turin Shroud -- In Whose Image? The Shocking Truth Reveiled

Turin Shroud -- In Whose Image? The Shocking Truth Reveiled

by Lynn Picknett, CLive Prince

The carbon dating of the Turin Shroud in 1988 revealed that the cloth was not the winding sheet of Jesus.For authors, Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince that was not the end of the matter, but the start of a whole new investigation.They set out to answer the questions which the carbon dating had left unanswered. Who did create the image of the Shroud? How was it created? And, whose image was on the... (more)

Obsessed

by Ted Dekker

A deadly tale of ultimate obsession. Stephen Friedman is making a good living in good times. He's just an ordinary guy. Or so he thinks. But one day an extraordinary piece of information tells him differently. It's a clue from the grave of a Holocaust survivor. A clue that makes him heir to an incredible fortune...a clue that only he and one other man can possibly understand. That man is Roth Braun, a... (more)

Relics: The Shroud of Turin, the True Cross, the Blood of Januarius...History, Mysticism, and the Catholic Church

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A Stolen Tongue

by Sheri Holman