Hawk and the Dove: A Day and a Life (Paperback)

from lcjohnson1988

Title: A Day and a Life (The Hawk & the Dove #9) Author: Penelope Wilcock Pages: 221 Year: 2016 Publisher: Lion Fiction My rating is 5 stars. Brother Cedd has gone missing. He is a novitiate; therefore, he has not taken his final vows to become a monk. One morning it is discovered that he has lef...

from daanrd

This is a lovely book that describes one day in the life of a 14th century monastery from the point of view of individual monks who are at different points in their life: a brand new postulant, a novice monk, the abbot and various monks with specific duties in the monastery. In addition to giving...

from vintagebeckie

I have loved all of the books in Penelope Wilcock's The Hawk And The Dove series and am sad that the time visiting with the monks of St. Alcuin's has come to an end. I actually missed 2 books in the series, so I can dive into those, but when I finish with them, I'll have to reread. And this serie...

from hobbitprincess

This is the 9th and last novel in The Hawk and The Dove series. Wilcock did an excellent job of wrapping up the series by writing a book that reflects a day in the life of the 15th century monastery I've read so much about. There is a small bit of action, but the gentleness of the day reflected i...

from JulieFlaming

While many readers might hesitate to pick up the ninth book in a series, this story holds up as a read-alone. Admittedly, there are a few choice details thrown in to satisfy loyal series readers who have follow her saga of the monks at St Alcuin's monastery in Yorkshire during Chaucerian times fr...