First published in 1973 by the Hogarth Press, ” Magnus” is George Mackay Brown`s tour de force
- his most poetic & 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. A unique exploration of the eternal questions of guilt, goodness & personal sacrifice.