Magnus

First published in 1973 by the Hogarth Press, Magnus is George Mackay Brown-s tour de force - his most poetic and innovative book. He links the twelfth-century story of the saintly Earl Magnus of Orkney-s brutal murder at the hands of his cousin Hakon Paulson, to that of the philosopher Dietrich Bonhoeffer, murdered by the Nazis during World War II.This is a unique exploration of the eternal questions of guilt, goodness and personal sacrifice.