St. George and St. Michael

by George MacDonald

Publisher:

C. Kegan Paul & Co.

, 1878

Overview

An early historical novel, St. George and St. Michael tells the story of a young couple who find themselves on opposite sides of the bloody English Civil War. King and Parliament are at a standoff, the Church of England and Puritan dissenters are at odds, and young Dorothy Vaughan—who knows nothing of the conflict—is convinced that her loyalty must be to her king and nation. Her conviction compels her to demand that her life-long friend and fiancée, Richard Heywood, side with her, but he finds that his own political and spiritual convictions lie with his Puritan father. Though Richard and Dorothy both want to do what is right, both agonize over what to do and find that they cannot give up their conscience.

Product Details

• Title: St. George and St. Michael
• Author: George MacDonald
• Edition: Second Edition
• Publisher: C. Kegan Paul & Co.
• Print Publication Date: 1878
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Religious fiction › 19th century; Scottish fiction › 19th century
• Resource ID: LLS:WRKSGRGMCDNLD18
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-12T00:20:40Z

About George MacDonald

George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L’Engle. It was C.S. Lewis who wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his “master”: “Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read.