The Book in the Cathedral: The Last Relic of Thomas Becket

by Christopher de Hamel

Book Overview

From the bestselling author of Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts, a captivating account of the last surviving relic of Thomas Becket

The assassination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 is one of the most famous events in European history. It inspired the largest pilgrim site in medieval Europe and many works of literature from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to T. S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014199424X
• ISBN13: 9780141994246
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.