Morning Star of the Reformation, Andy Thomson
Morning Star of the Reformation, Andy Thomson
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Morning Star of the Reformation

Author: Andy Thomson

Narrator: Lynn Taccogna

Unabridged: 3 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/10/2009

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion


Synopsis

When young John of Wycliffe arrives at Oxford University, he finds it a fascinating and perilous place. With his friend, Sebastian Ayleton, John experiences the terrible plague called the pestilence" (the Black Death), and he becomes involved in clashes between university factions as well as riots among the townspeople. Whenever he can find time away from his studies, John's favorite place is the inn of the Kicking Pony. There he and his companions discuss the political and religious issues of the day, and it is with his friends that he first shares his growing vision of an English Bible for all Englishmen to read. In the darkness of medieval England, John's pursuit of truth gleams like a solitary star, the morning star that promises the sunrise to come. He paved the way for the theologians of the next century and opened hearts in preparation for the great Reformation itself.

About Andy Thomson

Andy Thomson is the author of two children’s books, Renegade in the Hills and Sheriff at Waterstop.


Reviews

It seemed rather odd, like all these events were kind of just vomited onto the page; there wasn't a lot of lead-up to any of it. But it was slightly interesting nonetheless. 2.5.......more

Goodreads review by Josiah

This was a fictional rendering of the story of the life and times of Wycliffe. The writing was clunky and difficult to follow.......more

Goodreads review by Pig

Disclaimer: I only listened to this one on Audible. This book was certainly not what I was anticipating and outside of my normal genre, being an odd form of historical fiction. Odd in that it details the life of John Wickliffe but is fictional in that the conversations and many of the events are made......more