Notes on an Execution
Lenten Reflections on the Last Days of Jesus
Bestselling novelist and broadcaster, Rhidian Brook, takes you back to the events of Holy Week and invites you to experience them as if for the first time.
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Rhidian Brook (Author)
Rhidian Brook is an award-winning writer of fiction, television drama and film. His novels have been translated into 25 languages. His third novel, The Aftermath (Penguin, 2013), was made into a feature film starring Keira Knightley.
Philip Law (In-House Editor)
Philip Law is Publishing Director for SPCK and Lion Books. His previous books include The One Hour Bible (SPCK, 2018), A Time to Pray: 365 classic prayers to help you through the year (Lion, 2002) and The SPCK Book of Christian Prayer (SPCK/Crossroad, 1995/ 2009). He is also a contributor to the 6th edition of The Lion Handbook to the Bible (Lion, 2025).
Rhidian Brook is an award-winning writer of fiction, television drama and film. His novels have been translated into 25 languages. His third novel, The Aftermath (Penguin, 2013), was made into a feature film starring Keira Knightley.
Philip Law (In-House Editor)
Philip Law is Publishing Director for SPCK and Lion Books. His previous books include The One Hour Bible (SPCK, 2018), A Time to Pray: 365 classic prayers to help you through the year (Lion, 2002) and The SPCK Book of Christian Prayer (SPCK/Crossroad, 1995/ 2009). He is also a contributor to the 6th edition of The Lion Handbook to the Bible (Lion, 2025).
About
This compelling sequence of reports on the events of Holy Week traces the journey Jesus made from his arrival in Jerusalem to his execution.
The reports read as if contemporary to the events as they happened, enabling you to imagine them unfolding as though in real time, without relying on the after-the-event wisdom that we carry.
The result is a moving experience in which you become a first-hand follower, not always knowing what comes next, or how it will end, and without possessing the weight or comfort of the theological and cultural understanding that has gathered over the centuries since.
The book concludes with a personal reflection on the meaning of Easter, followed by a series of questions and prompts for further reflection or discussion.
Contents
Recognition (Palm Sunday)
Confrontation (Monday)
Interrogation (Tuesday)
Anointing (Wednesday)
Parting (Maundy Thursday)
Noise (Good Friday - First Meditation)
Silence (Good Friday - Second Meditation)
Execution (Good Friday)
Encounter (Easter)
The reports read as if contemporary to the events as they happened, enabling you to imagine them unfolding as though in real time, without relying on the after-the-event wisdom that we carry.
The result is a moving experience in which you become a first-hand follower, not always knowing what comes next, or how it will end, and without possessing the weight or comfort of the theological and cultural understanding that has gathered over the centuries since.
The book concludes with a personal reflection on the meaning of Easter, followed by a series of questions and prompts for further reflection or discussion.
Contents
Recognition (Palm Sunday)
Confrontation (Monday)
Interrogation (Tuesday)
Anointing (Wednesday)
Parting (Maundy Thursday)
Noise (Good Friday - First Meditation)
Silence (Good Friday - Second Meditation)
Execution (Good Friday)
Encounter (Easter)
Author
Rhidian Brook (Author)
Rhidian Brook is an award-winning writer of fiction, television drama and film. His novels have been translated into 25 languages. His third novel, The Aftermath (Penguin, 2013), was made into a feature film starring Keira Knightley.
Philip Law (In-House Editor)
Philip Law is Publishing Director for SPCK and Lion Books. His previous books include The One Hour Bible (SPCK, 2018), A Time to Pray: 365 classic prayers to help you through the year (Lion, 2002) and The SPCK Book of Christian Prayer (SPCK/Crossroad, 1995/ 2009). He is also a contributor to the 6th edition of The Lion Handbook to the Bible (Lion, 2025).
Rhidian Brook is an award-winning writer of fiction, television drama and film. His novels have been translated into 25 languages. His third novel, The Aftermath (Penguin, 2013), was made into a feature film starring Keira Knightley.
Philip Law (In-House Editor)
Philip Law is Publishing Director for SPCK and Lion Books. His previous books include The One Hour Bible (SPCK, 2018), A Time to Pray: 365 classic prayers to help you through the year (Lion, 2002) and The SPCK Book of Christian Prayer (SPCK/Crossroad, 1995/ 2009). He is also a contributor to the 6th edition of The Lion Handbook to the Bible (Lion, 2025).
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The reports read as if contemporary to the events as they happened, enabling you to imagine them unfolding as though in real time, without relying on the after-the-event wisdom that we carry.
The result is a moving experience in which you become a first-hand follower, not always knowing what comes next, or how it will end, and without possessing the weight or comfort of the theological and cultural understanding that has gathered over the centuries since.
The book concludes with a personal reflection on the meaning of Easter, followed by a series of questions and prompts for further reflection or discussion.
Contents
Recognition (Palm Sunday)
Confrontation (Monday)
Interrogation (Tuesday)
Anointing (Wednesday)
Parting (Maundy Thursday)
Noise (Good Friday - First Meditation)
Silence (Good Friday - Second Meditation)
Execution (Good Friday)
Encounter (Easter)