Dominica: A novel - inspired by Saint Dominica of Cornwall

Legend tells us Dominica was the daughter of an Irish King

who came up the Tamar river with her brother in AD 689

and created a religious settlement on its bank, in this small

corner of Cornwall.

The question is: What could this woman have possibly done

to not only be acclaimed as a saint, but then be kept in mind

for over 550 years so much so that, in October 1259, their

new stone-built parish church was dedicated to her?

A Celtic saint for this place alone.

What did she do?

A novel - inspired by Saint Dominica of Cornwall

Ann Foweraker is best known as a contemporary novelist.

However, to write this historical novel, she was drawn back to the 7th century

by the enigmatic patron saint of the 13th century Parish church

in St. Dominick, where she lives. Ann weaves a plausible tale of

the life of Saint Dominica, set into the fabric of early medieval

conditions and threaded with threats, trials and triumphs.