Citadel of God

Description

Citadel of God, “A Novel About Saint Benedict,” is a historical fiction novel about St Benedict, who lived at the end of the Roman empire. Amidst the turmoil of the fall of the Roman Empire, St Benedict’s abbey becomes a sanctuary for everyone at one time or another in the novel – even for some of the corrupt Roman officials. It is not only a place of quiet and isolation, it is a place of order and beauty and most of all faith. But the real victory in the book belongs to Boethius, a Roman Catholic who is able to build an inner sanctuary even in the face of martyrdom.

Louis de Wohl is one of the best Catholic fiction writers I have found.