Recommendations for my next leisure read!

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I strongly suggest The Shadow of His Wings by Gereon Goldmann. This is the review:

Here is the astonishing true story of the harrowing experiences of a young German seminarian drafted into Hitler’s dreaded SS at the onset of World War II. Without betraying his Christian ideals, against all odds, and in the face of Evil, Gereon Goldmann was able to complete his priestly training, be ordained, and secretly minister to German Catholic soldiers and innocent civilian victims caught up in the horrors of war. How it all came to pass will astound you.Father Goldmann tells of his own incredible experiences of the trials of war, his many escapes from almost certain death, and the diabolical persecution that he and his fellow Catholic soldiers encountered on account of their faith. What emerges is an extraordinary witness to the workings of Divine Providence and the undying power of love, prayer, faith, and sacrifice.

Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!

What an incredibly good book that is!

Exciting and inspiring and one of the best books I’ve read in the last few years----and I read a lot of books.

 

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Fiction:
Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follet. A FASCINATING novel of life in 12th century England and a very believeable story about how the magnificent cathedrals came to be. It IS fiction, so of course the author’s own worldview colors those of all the characters. He does a pretty evenhanded job in this book, but its sequal “World Without End” seems to me to betray an agnostic or at least a Deistic worldview (God doesn’t matter) in the heart of the author. Nevertheless, the first book is a wonderful story whose main theme is very catholic: Man is good, but sinful. When he works towards a society based on Natural Law, human rights and justice he prospers. When he seeks power and personal advantage only, he reaps ruin and destruction for himself and his whole community.

I have had this book in my hand several times in the check out line of my local book store but always but it back. The book looks daunting. What is it 1,000 pages? Can you tell me if it is a light read that goes fast?

As for the OP, I would recommend Chesterton’s, The Man who was Thursday

I would have recommend Orthodoxy or The Everlasting Man but you wanted light reading.

Someone recommended How the Reformation Happened By Belloc and if you like that book make sure to check out Characters of the Reformation, also by him

God bless