'Stanford's sometimes humorous account of these evocative places, and of the present-day pilgrims who visit them, comprises an intriguing investigation of what faith might mean in our apparently secular age.

London Review of Books

Mentioned after Peter Stanford's article in Catholic Herald, September 2009.

Mentioned in article about John Paul II

Extract published in The Daily Telegraph 19 February, 2010.

Stanford's delightful book is more an encounter with pilgrims than with Christ and his saints...His fellow pilgrims show themselves in perfectly caught fragments, and these frequently difficult travels tell one more about today's religious faith than many a church report.

Ronald Blythe, Church Times

Eight pilgrimages which are in turn entertaining, down to earth, amusing and informative make this a fascinating read.

The Book Seller