The year is A.D. 597. Across the dark sea the shores of England loom shadowy and strange. The journey from Rome to Kent is about to end, and a great battle is soon to begin. Whatever the outcome, young Wolf has made up his mind to see it and serve the leader of Pope Gregory's long-planned mission to England, Father Augustine.

In a story full of adventure, Wolf meets Fritha, a Saxon girl whose life and destiny are soon entangled with his own. At Canterbury, the old Roman City, Fritha, and her father become Augustine's first Christian converts. In anger, neighbors burn their farm and Fritha barely escapes to find Wolf in the village of his ancestors. There the account of two bold young people reaches a surprising climax. And in the once pagan city, King Ethelbert of Kent is baptized and Augustine is proclaimed as the first Archbishop of Canterbury.

Barbara Willard's exciting tale portrays all the drama of lives and stirring times in sixth century England.

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