--- product_id: 45165540 title: "Confessions of a Pagan Nun" price: "฿1596" currency: THB in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.co.th/products/45165540-confessions-of-a-pagan-nun store_origin: TH region: Thailand --- # Confessions of a Pagan Nun **Price:** ฿1596 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Confessions of a Pagan Nun - **How much does it cost?** ฿1596 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.th](https://www.desertcart.co.th/products/45165540-confessions-of-a-pagan-nun) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Confessions of a Pagan Nun [Horsley, Kate] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Confessions of a Pagan Nun Review: Compelling and heartbreaking... - Gwynneve is an Irish nun living at the monastery of Saint Brigit in the sixth century. She learned the mysteries of written language from a druid. All alone, she spends her time in her stone cell transcribing Christian texts. In secret, she records her own pagan history. Giannon is her sullen teacher and lover. A druid, he is the last of his kind as the Christian monks close in. After Giannon is taken away in the middle of the night by unknown perpetrators, Gwynneve is alone in a cold world now ruled by Christians. All she has known is lost. Even her tuath is gone, her family nowhere to be found. Tired of wandering, she has no choice but to join the nuns of Saint Brigit where she can put her special writing skills to good use. Her only solace is recording in secret her pagan history, which she fiercely clings to. She also has a special gift--she gives comfort to the dying. This special gift endears her to the villagers, but causes suspicion in the heart of the new abbot. The author's notes in the introduction reveal that this story is based on actual writings found in an excavation near Kildare. The author did a wonderful job of transposing these writings and creating a compelling novel. Beautifully written, this is a story of survival in a time of great change in Ireland. The transition from Christianity was not a smooth one and those who defied the Christian priests were severely punished. Gwynneve shows great courage as she clings to her pagan beliefs and her gift with the dying shows that she was a true saint. I highly recommend this book for its fierce spirit and heartbreaking reality. Review: Chilling and mysterious - Very well written, chronicling the life of a Dark Ages Irishwoman who pilgrimages from a Druid apprenticeship to become a secretly-unbaptized manuscript scribe at St. Brigit's convent. She has a lot of good things to say about integrating what is good from both the old world and the new, but I don't think that in the end she really came to any conclusions. The ending is tragically sad. I enjoyed the read very much, but finished without a clear idea of the author's premise. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,647,764 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #855 in Religious Historical Fiction (Books) #13,965 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 823 Reviews | ## Images ![Confessions of a Pagan Nun - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51W4SSSGXWL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Compelling and heartbreaking... *by P***N on May 8, 2007* Gwynneve is an Irish nun living at the monastery of Saint Brigit in the sixth century. She learned the mysteries of written language from a druid. All alone, she spends her time in her stone cell transcribing Christian texts. In secret, she records her own pagan history. Giannon is her sullen teacher and lover. A druid, he is the last of his kind as the Christian monks close in. After Giannon is taken away in the middle of the night by unknown perpetrators, Gwynneve is alone in a cold world now ruled by Christians. All she has known is lost. Even her tuath is gone, her family nowhere to be found. Tired of wandering, she has no choice but to join the nuns of Saint Brigit where she can put her special writing skills to good use. Her only solace is recording in secret her pagan history, which she fiercely clings to. She also has a special gift--she gives comfort to the dying. This special gift endears her to the villagers, but causes suspicion in the heart of the new abbot. The author's notes in the introduction reveal that this story is based on actual writings found in an excavation near Kildare. The author did a wonderful job of transposing these writings and creating a compelling novel. Beautifully written, this is a story of survival in a time of great change in Ireland. The transition from Christianity was not a smooth one and those who defied the Christian priests were severely punished. Gwynneve shows great courage as she clings to her pagan beliefs and her gift with the dying shows that she was a true saint. I highly recommend this book for its fierce spirit and heartbreaking reality. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Chilling and mysterious *by D***D on April 13, 2020* Very well written, chronicling the life of a Dark Ages Irishwoman who pilgrimages from a Druid apprenticeship to become a secretly-unbaptized manuscript scribe at St. Brigit's convent. She has a lot of good things to say about integrating what is good from both the old world and the new, but I don't think that in the end she really came to any conclusions. The ending is tragically sad. I enjoyed the read very much, but finished without a clear idea of the author's premise. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Poetic and Powerful *by J***E on March 20, 2021* I would have taken a half-point off my rating for a weak title – anything that starts with "Confessions of..." automatically undermines its own seriousness – but the prose is so poetic and the ideas represented so powerful, I decided to round up. The author, with admirable brevity, imagines the clash of cultures in 6th Century Ireland, as the old ways of wise women and pagan druids meet the inexorable rise of Christianity. The results, of course, are tragic, but no less thought-provoking and pertinent for being also predictable. Looking at the past – even the distant past – shows us that we aren't as far along the path of enlightenment as we should be: we're still killing each other in the name of some -ism; we still discount the wisdom found in the observation of nature; we still behave with petty vindictiveness; we still seek power over others rather than tolerance and understanding; we still cloak ourselves in victimhood rather than accepting responsibility for ourselves and our actions. (Not faults, I hasten to add, of the heroine of this novel.) This is not, however, an indictment of Christianity, per se: the pagans practiced unspeakable cruelties, too. But it's a recognition that the human condition, while bettered immeasurably since Patrick converted the Irish, still has a long way to go. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.th/products/45165540-confessions-of-a-pagan-nun](https://www.desertcart.co.th/products/45165540-confessions-of-a-pagan-nun) --- *Product available on Desertcart Thailand* *Store origin: TH* *Last updated: 2026-04-30*