The Cloisterman: Juliet Dymoke

Julian Allard, sharing the life, the work and the prayer of the monks, understood at last his true vocation. At peace with himself, he could look back on the years of uncertainty. He remembered that Mid-summer Fair in 1511, coming home to peaceful and familiar Heronshaugh, the family home, the Priory, the wild fells rising above the dale. King Henry VIII, young and energetic, had been on the throne two years. His court symbolized a new age. An age of excitement, of intellectual and artistic promise. Fresh from Oxford, aware of the wider world, restless and enquiring, Julian's years of confusion and adventure had been about to begin.