The King in the North: The Life and Times of Oswald of Northumbria | 
pickA fascinating book covering a little remembered King in the North of England; readable but dense. Oswald was a Saxon King in the 7th century in the region we know as Northumbria and the simple truth is we do not know that much about him. Yet the author does a remarkable job of recreating a possible life for him based on the lives of his contemporaries asking questions such as what was expected of a exiled warrior and later King, what did it mean
Oblomov26 to be Christian in a pagan society, why did he achieve sainthood in death. 4y
