Book: "The Crossway" is Guy Stagg's story of his walk from Canterbury to Jerusalem

[Camino Chrissy]

I am currently reading "The Crossway" by Guy Stagg -

I have just googled this book title and wow! It sounds a remarkable story and a good read.

 

[Kanga]

I have just googled this book title and wow! It sounds a remarkable story and a good read.

I'm loving it.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I'm loving it.

Great to hear; I'm sold!
I'm reading the 1000 page "World Without End", the second book in the series by Ken Follett, that follows "Pillars of the Earth". "The Crossway" will be next.

 

[Kanga]

"The Crossway" is Guy Stagg's story of his walk from Canterbury to Jerusalem. He writes beautifully, somewhat in the manner of Patrick Leigh Fermor, but this book is much more intimate, exposing the author's mental struggles and emotions. It is full of wonderfully evocative descriptions of landscape and place, and sharp portraits of those he meets.

 

[JerryStroebele]

If you want to learn more about the cathedrals built in medieval times that is the theme of "Pillars" by Follett, read "Medieval Wanders and Wonders, Understanding Northern Spain and the Camino de Santiago", by Kate Simons. Simons is an Australian research fellow who walked the Camino Frances in 2010 and returned to Spain two years later to research all she could about medieval pilgrimage, cathedrals, churches and monasteries. Well researched, well written, a bit mind boggling. Buen Camino

 

[David61]

Great to hear; I'm sold!
I'm reading the 1000 page "World Without End", the second book in the series by Ken Follett, that follows "Pillars of the Earth". "The Crossway" will be next.

Chrissy, World without end and Pillars of the Earth were both TV series a few years ago and very good too

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Chrissy, World without end and Pillars of the Earth were both TV series a few years ago and very good too

David, I saw them both, but I appreciate you mentioning them in case I hadn't...maybe it will alert others to the mini-series.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I'm loving it.

I have just ordered "The Crossways" and will be bringing it with me on my annual winter get-a-way from the Midwest snow.

 

[MaryLynn]

Great to hear; I'm sold!
I'm reading the 1000 page "World Without End", the second book in the series by Ken Follett, that follows "Pillars of the Earth". "The Crossway" will be next.

I read Pillars of the Earth many years ago, when it was first published in 1989, and it definitely influenced my decision, several years later, to walk the Camino Frances. Equally influential was The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred by Phil Cousineau.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I read Pillars of the Earth many years ago, when it was first published in 1989, and it definitely influenced my decision, several years later, to walk the Camino Frances. Equally influential was The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred by Phil Cousineau.

I read "Pillars of the Earth" before my first Camino and although fiction, it really helped me understand all that goes into the building of the amazing cathedrals I visited in Spain and elsewhere. Ken Follett did incredible research before writing his trilogy.

 

[Kanga]

I have just ordered "The Crossways" and will be bringing it with me on my annual winter get-a-way from the Midwest snow.

BBC 4 have been broadcasting it. Here is a thread about the broadcast and the book.