Title: The Falcon and the Dove
Subtitle: A Life of Thomas Becket of Canterbury
Description: A biography of Thomas à Becket, first friend and chancellor to Henry II, then Archbishop of Canterbury, whose murder, incited by the king, made him a martyr venerated today as a saint, patron, and protector of the Catholic Church.
Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, History, Politics and government, Christian saints, Statesmen, Saints, Medieval Civilization
Places: Great Britain, England
People: Thomas à Becket, Saint (1118?-1170)
Time periods: Henry II, 1154-1189, 1154-1189