The Book in the Cathedral by Christopher de Hamel

From the bestselling author of Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts a captivating account of the last surviving relic of Thomas Becket The assassination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 is one of the most famous events in European history. It inspired the largest pilgrim site in medieval Europe and many works of literature from Chaucers Canterbury Tales to T. S. Eliots Murder in the Cathedral and Anouilhs Becket. In a brilliant piece of historical detective work Chris Hardback