On This Holy Island : A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain -- A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR - Oliver Smith Crime a turbulent love story unfolds

a turbulent love story unfolds - one that would forever reshape our perception of totalitarianism

public executions were held in the city with heads displayed on spikes

his fame propels him to the heart of classical Greece in fifth century BC - a time of political upheaval

Li-Young Lee and Roger Robinson

Thousands of American GIs are stationed across eastern England building airfields to bomb Nazi Germany and Cambridge's dance halls and pubs are a hot spot for Yanks on leave

On This Holy Island : A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain -- A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR - Oliver Smith Crime a turbulent love story unfolds*** A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ***"Excellent. immensely well researched and playful. Smith has written something special." Patrick Galbraith, The Times"Imaginative and engaging" Country LifeAcclaimed travel writer Oliver Smith sets out to radically reframe our idea of `pilgrimage' in Britain by retracing sacred travel made across time, from murmurs of ritual journeys in the depths of Ice Age to new pilgrimages of the 21st century. He embarks