![]() ![]() For the first two centuries following its foundation, it served the faithful as a pilgrims' sanctuary, then, less happily, as a staging post for the Crusaders. But if, geologically speaking, Hautaire is still a newcomer, as a human monument it is already impressively ancient. ![]() Even the megaliths which dot the surrounding hillside predate the abbey by several millennia. Although the monastery of Hautaire has dominated the Ix valley for more than twelve hundred years, compared with the Jurassic limestone to which it clings, it might have been erected yesterday. In this absorbing story Cowper takes us into the past, to an era when we will be in the future. ![]() A proper study of history should extend in both directions in time. The Custodians by Richard Cowper There has always been a strong sense of history present in science fiction, not only in the many parallel-world stories but in the firm realization that the past shapes the future. ![]()
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