The Dean's Watch
- ISBN-10
- 1598568876
- ISBN-13
- 9781598568875
- Category
- Christian fiction
- Pages
- 350
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-10-01
- Publisher
- Hendrickson Publishers
- Author
- Elizabeth Goudge
Description
In a remote mid-nineteenth-century English town, cathedral Dead Adam Ayscough holds a deep love for his parishioners and townspeople. When an obscure watchmaker strikes up an unlikely friendship with the Dean, it leads to an unusual spiritual awakening in both men, and eventually reaches out to the entire community.
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