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The Falcon and the Dove

by Alfred Duggan · 1966

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A biography of Thomas à Becket, first friend and chancellor to Henry II, then Archbishop of Canterbury, whose murder, incited by the king, made him a martyr venerated today as a saint, patron, and protector of the Catholic Church.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
12th century12th centuryMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 217 pages

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