Once again Ges Moody took part in the annual Summer Squall event organised by Ramsgate arts and held over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Ges gave a talk at Ramsgate Library on Saturday morning about St Augustine’s landing in Thanet, based on research he carried out for his latest book. The talk was well attended and despite the distraction provided by a faulty ventilator alarm, proved to be quite enthralling.
Ges’s subject was not a simple regurgitation of the legend of St Augustine’s landing on Thanet; his reconstruction of the landscape, examination of the types of settlements and the costumes of the population of Thanet at that time enabled the audience to imagine a picture of Thanet from the distant Anglo Saxon past. He added further depth and colour by exploring the national and international political relationships of the time, proving to the listener that this was not a simple act of conversion of a pagan people but a more complicated interaction of nations, people and ideas.
The talk was followed by a lively question and answer session, and the opportunity for Ges to sign a few copies of the book!
EJB
St. Augustine’s First Footfall is available to order from our publications page: http://www.thanetarch.