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Amid imperial intrigue

From miraculous victories to the soaring heights of culture

The figure shows Mary gazing down at the infant Christ

As enduring as the story it portrays

The Sabbatical Discontinued approachableDr. Owen Whitfield is the elderly Oxford professor of history who first appeared in Michael O'Brien's novel The Father's Tale. In the events of The Sabbatical, which occur sometime later, Dr. Whitfield is looking forward to a sabbatical year of peace and quiet, gardening in his backyard, and tinkering with what he calls his latest "unpublishable book". As the year begins, he is drawn by a series of seeming coincidences into involvement with a group of