Ignatius Press Novels
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First Chapter: Looking for the King
June 15, 2015 6:07 pm Leave a Comment
Read the first chapter of the novel Looking for the King by David C. Downing. If you like what you’re reading, visit the novel’s page to learn more or order! Chapter 1 Glastonbury, England Mid-April 1940 “Here lies buried the renowned King Arthur with his wife, Guinevere.” Tom McCord studied… Read more »
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Works of Beauty, Works of Truth: An Interview with Joseph Pearce
June 1, 2015 1:51 pm 1 Comment
Joseph Pearce is the author of numerous literary biographies, including books on J.R.R. Tolkien, G.K. Chesterton, Oscar Wilde, and Alexander Solzhenitsyn. His passion and enthusiasm for literature is apparent to anyone who has ever met him or read his work. Ignatius Press Novels spoke with him about the Ignatius Critical… Read more »
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Prologue: A Postcard from the Volcano
May 28, 2015 5:52 pm Leave a Comment
Read the prologue of the novel A Postcard from the Volcano by Lucy Beckett. If you like what you’re reading, visit the novel’s page to learn more or order! Prologue In the winter of 1961 Max Hofmann was dying. No one said so, not even the doctor, who seemed to… Read more »
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First Chapter: The Last Crusader
May 13, 2015 2:36 pm 1 Comment
Read the first chapter of the novel The Last Crusader by Louis de Wohl. If you like what you’re reading, visit the novel’s page to learn more or order! CHAPTER 1 There was no road to Leganés, just a narrow, muddy path marked by occasional imprints of naked feet and… Read more »
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First Chapter: Do No Harm
May 7, 2015 10:59 am Leave a Comment
Read the first chapter of the novel Do No Harm by Fiorella de Maria. If you like what you’re reading, visit the novel’s page to learn more or order! Prologue Maria sat hunched over her computer, blinking sleepily at the gaudy colours of the news website. She had been checking… Read more »
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First Chapter: Toward the Gleam
April 23, 2015 1:59 pm Leave a Comment
Read the first chapter of the novel Toward the Gleam by T.M. Doran. If you like what you’re reading, visit the novel’s page to learn more or order! November 8, 1972 Saint Hugh’s Charterhouse, Sussex Porter broke silence. That was no little thing, but the breaking of his silence was… Read more »
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A Message from Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J.
April 22, 2015 12:44 pm 2 Comments
Do You Ever Read Novels? That’s a Yes or No question. Here are some thoughts on each possible answer: No? Well, you should. Or if that sounds too moralistic: reading good novels can make you a better, happier person, a “new self and nobler me” (Hopkins). Really? Why? The reasons… Read more »
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First Chapter: The Rising
April 13, 2015 1:47 pm 2 Comments
Read the first chapter of the thrilling novel The Rising by Robert Ovies. If you like what you’re reading, visit the novel’s page to learn more or order! One It was, as wake services go, unremarkable. Marion Klein had been a faithful wife for twenty-one years, a gracious mother for… Read more »
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NEW: The Wife of Pilate
March 10, 2015 5:45 pm Leave a Comment
“A book to be treasured. The times and places are beautifully and accurately evoked, and the stories are gripping to read.” – Lucy Beckett, Author, Postcard from the Volcano “Von le Fort’s serene and probing intellect examines with absolute honesty the dilemmas of our human striving for authentic faith and… Read more »
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CatholicMom’s The Accidental Marriage Book Club
February 25, 2015 11:07 am Leave a Comment
The Catholic Mom online book club for The Accidental Marriage by Roger Thomas starts this Saturday! Posts go live on Saturday mornings at 8AM Pacific/11Am Eastern time! Visit CatholicMom.com for more information.