Hugh of Avalon grew up at Avalon, near Grenoble, became a Carthusian monk, was brought to England as prior of the new charterhouse at Witham and was made bishop of Lincoln. Marson tells his story in short chapters, from boyhood to his labours in the diocese and his fearless dealings with kings, including a famous scene with Richard I at Mass.
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