This new book of poems consists of 150 related short poems or cantos, on the themes that have long preoccupied Hill: the Nazi horrors at the heart of civilized Europe, Christianity and English history, the interweaving of public and private lives. "A poet at once urgent and timeless." Christopher Ricks "Among our finest poets ... the most European." George Steiner
- ISBN10 0140589104
- ISBN13 9780140589108
- Publish Date 28 January 1999 (first published 31 December 1998)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 February 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English