![]() ![]() It’s a trail mix of the personal, historical and even gastronomical, but it’s never a slog.Įgan is trekking the Via Francigena, a pilgrim route that “wends through dark towns still shadowed by King Clovis, Napoleon, and war, to hilltop cathedrals said to hold calcified scraps of saints and proof of miracles.” King Clovis, in case you didn’t know, is considered by many to be the founder of France, anointed in 496. ![]() Don’t be daunted.Įgan stuffs this account of his trek from Canterbury, England, to Rome like a seasoned backpacker - he’s loaded a whole lot into a small space, but it’s carefully balanced and will rest lightly on your shoulders. “A Pilgrimage to Eternity” is a weighty-sounding title for Timothy Egan’s take on the heaviest of topics: faith, its place in the modern world, and the history of religion in Europe. ![]()
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