St George

This compelling account of the myth of St George, one of the most significant mythic figures in Christian culture and many other religions, describes St George's lively and diverse following today, from Georgia, Greece, Malta and Belgium, to Lebanon, Palestine, Ethipia and Estonia.

" St George: A Saint for All is a readable and well-researched book written by an academic who knows her subject. In her thesis the author says that for far too long St George has remained a mythical figure and, even worse, has been hijacked by bigots and extremists who wrap themselves in his flag and are threatening to any who do not agree with their blinkered view about Little England. Samantha Riches has done much to reinstate him in a more rational and favourably inclusive light." - Methodist Recorder
"An excellent book about a legend that has endured to the present day." - Miami News


Samantha Riches is a cultural historian based at Lancaster University. She is the author of Gender and Holiness: Men, Women and Saints in Late Medieval Europe (2011) and St George: Hero, Martyr and Myth (2005).