Magnus
by George Mackay Brown
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First published in 1973 by the Hogarth Press, Magnus is George Mackay Brown's tour de force - his most poetic and innovative book. He links the twelfth-century story of the saintly Earl Magnus of Orkney's brutal murder at the hands of his cousin Hakon Paulson, to that of the philosopher Dietrich Bonhoeffer, murdered by the Nazis during World War II.This is a unique exploration of the eternal questions of guilt, goodness and personal sacrifice.Tags
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Read for GMB centenary book group - hadn’t remembered how much pain violence and torture there is
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1973
- People/Characters
- Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney; Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Important places
- Birsay, Orkney, Scotland, UK
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- Members
- 160
- Popularity
- 204,797
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.53)
- Languages
- English, German, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 5
