![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Throughout Cuddy, names and deeds call down the centuries in a steady reverberation, like voices in song. The sense of ‘lineage’ and connection Michael feels offers a way forward. When offered work at the cathedral, he meets a group of stonemasons who tend to the tower in a form of communion with those who came before. ![]() As the reason for his being there is revealed, he is hounded by a spirit who warns him to ‘let history lie!’Ģ019: Michael is a young tradesman struggling to support himself and his ailing mother on the outskirts of Durham. Benjamin Myers’ new novel profoundly re-imagines a history of England’s North through the enduring influence of seventh century ascetic monk Saint Cuthbert, affectionately nicknamed ‘Cuddy.’ Comprising four novellas in varied literary forms, the legacy of Cuddy describes the ley line connecting these stories across time.ĩ95: the ‘haliwerfolc’, a wandering community of monks who protect Cuddy’s remains, are joined by Ediva, a young woman given to visions in which she speaks to the saint and finds the site of his final resting place.ġ346: Eda, the wife of a brutish archer, is charmed by a stonemason whose devotion to his work on Cuddy’s cathedral introduces the possibility of an escape from the incessant violence of her existence.ġ827: a snobbish academic from Oxford reluctantly journeys north for an unknown project at Durham cathedral. ![]()
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