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    Of Shadows And Saints
    Of Shadows And Saints
    Of Shadows And Saints
    Audiobook33 minutes

    Of Shadows And Saints

    Written by Michael van der Voort

    Narrated by Robin Reads

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    About this audiobook

    Despite being so called 'Holy ground' churches retain a deeply gothic element. Especially in lent, when the singing stops, the flowers are removed and the statues stand covered from head to toe in a long purple robe of mourning. Then, during the quiet of a winter's eve, the flickering shadows show more than they should and sometimes sounds far darker than prayers float up from between the pews...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthor's Republic
    Release dateJun 7, 2023
    ISBN9798823466622
    Of Shadows And Saints

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