The Road to Canterbury: A Modern Pilgrimage
by Shirley Du Boulay (Author), Ursula Sieger (Illustrator)

This book retraces a memorable journey of a modern-day pilgrimage along the 130 mile Pilgrim's Way in the South of England. Starting her walk in the ancient city of Winchester, du Boulay follows in the footsteps of thoughs of medieval pilgrams who walked to Canterbury Cathedral and its shrine to St. Thomas Becket. Great for helping you plan a pilgrimage along this same path -- or for a meditative journey with the author. Paperback, 245 pages, Morehouse Group.

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Shirley Du Boulay's Winchester-to-Canterbury pilgrimage is the subject of her informative book, Road to Canterbury, which I found full of entertaining anecdotes and fascinating historical details, as well as being spiritually inspiring. Du Boulay's is a spiritual experience. During her 150 miles of travel (including getting lost), du Boulay considers whether it is the arrival or the journey that is most important. She relates the historical and cultural significance of landmarks and towns, churches and their namesakes across Hampshire, Surrey, and Kent as she follows the ancient Pilgrim's Way to St. Thomas a Becket's shrine in Canterbury Cathedral. And of course she tells the story of Becket's death at the hands of Henry II's knights. Time seems to take on a new dimension, becoming fluid as Du Boulay slips back and forth between descriptions and anecdotes of ancient Neolithic cultures, the Romans, mediaeval, and later peoples. Importantly, all somehow meld together and are united. At times frustrated, hungry, wet, or suffering back pain, du Boulay's almost two-week journey is a parallel of life, as she feels tempted to give up, or resists the urge to take a taxi or other short cut; she keeps walking. What does du Boulay learn? On reaching her goal, she finds "It did not matter that I had no great thoughts. For the moment gratitude was enough" (228). Even so, she wonders whether life will "ever be quite the same again?" (229). I, for one, suspect life will be different. An informative work that is both inspiring and entertaining. (Reviewer: Felicity Hanson, Minnesota)

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