Location: United Kingdom
Member Since:
Feb. 20, 2013
Leo Madigan
Biography
Born in New Zealand. Joined the British Merchant Navy at 16. Graduated with B.Ed from London University and taught High School in London and Izmir, Turkey.Currently lives in Fatima, Portugal.
Where to buy in print
Books
Armchair Fatima: A tour of the Shrine and nearby sites.
by Leo Madigan
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 48,510.
Language:
Commonwealth English.
Published: April 10, 2013
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests » Religious, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Catholicism
The author lives in Fatima and has written extensively on the Shrine – its history, significance and message. In Armchair Fatima he has written and entertaining, informative and often outrageously humorous book on this Marian jewel based on his researches and occasional work as a guide.
Why Fatima? The True Secret.
by Leo Madigan
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 26,130.
Language:
Commonwealth English.
Published: April 3, 2013
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Christian Theology / Mariology, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Catholicism
This booklet is designed to show Fatima’s true place in the history of divine apparitions; it is not concerned with conspiracy theories or the supposed date the world will end. As the author says, ‘Fatima carries the weight of every prophecy conceived in heaven – gentle yet firm, simple yet epic, gracious in mercy yet uncompromising and absolute.’
The Five Stones: A Tale for Young Catholics.
by Leo Madigan
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 52,720.
Language:
British English.
Published: March 29, 2013
.
Categories:
Fiction » Young adult or teen » Adventure, Fiction » Christian » Suspense
Dedo, 14, is diverted on his first foray outside his Portuguese village, and finds himself in the centre of bizarre adventures. Suddenly he is in London pursued by a mysterious woman and sinister men, then Istanbul, then shipwrecked in the Aegean; he is taken for dead in Rome but emerges to visit Tunisia and Morocco before returning to Portugal. Throughout all his armour is the Rosary.
Crystal Ball Cameos
by Leo Madigan
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 10,780.
Language:
English.
Published: March 17, 2013
.
Categories:
Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire
Crystal Ball Cameos is a collection of 21 verses in which nonentities emerge from the past. Schopenhauer's charlady for instance, and Dracula’s aunt. The identities of Shakespeare’s Mr W. H. and the Unknown Soldier are revealed. Lincoln’s assassination is explained, and so forth. Conceived as audition pieces for actors, these verses would not be out of places alongside Belloc’s Cautionary Tales.
Those Gorgeous Ghosts: Prize-winning Stories with a Catholic Flavor.
by Leo Madigan
You set the price!
Words: 48,310.
Language:
British English.
Published: March 11, 2013
.
Categories:
Fiction » Christian » Short stories, Fiction » Religious
Set in locales as diverse as Italy and the Falklands, Siberia and Golgotha, these fourteen stories teem with as much life as the oceans on which many of them were written. The author’s background as a merchant seaman and teacher provide the canvases for these absorbing, plot-based stories. Most have won prizes in international competitions.
Leo Madigan's tag cloud
abortion
alternative
anthology
audition
calvary
catholic
catholic adventure portugal rosary
confession
fantasy
humourous verse
monastery
pieces
poetry
prizewinning
religion apparitions marian catholic shrine prophecy portugal fatima
short stories
soviet
travelfatimacatholic shrine marian shrine portugal
twins
verse
young peoples fiction