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The holy well

by Colin Macpherson

A Bronze Age man and a twentieth-century Melburnian are linked across time by an ancient holy well in the Scottish Highlands. The novel examines their parallel spiritual journeys and the mystical experiences they find at the sacred site.

Accession 14186 ISBN 9780980350104 Publisher Mopoke Publishing
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