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Hook line: A dying speech on the gallows frames a tense tale of faith, courage, and consequence. The book casts a stark light on power, piety, and public judgment.
The scene centers on a priest facing execution during a time of religious conflict. Tense crowds, forcing questions of loyalty and belief, surround him as he speaks what may be his last sermon. The story threads personal courage with a wider struggle between conscience and authority, building toward a dramatic, reflective finish.
Through the prisoner’s ordeal and the reactions of those who watch, the narrative blends historical detail with intimate emotion. It asks how faith endures under pressure, and what it means to choose one’s final words when everything is on the line.
- Experience a charged setting of public judgment and ritual at the moment of death.
- Follow a prisoner’s deliberate, heart-tested words under extreme pressure.
- Explore themes of faith, loyalty, courage, and the cost of belief.
- Observe how bystanders react to faith under threat and power in conflict.
Ideal for readers who enjoy historical drama centered on faith, courage, and the human cost of persecution.
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Very nearly the whole of this book is sober historical fact; and by far the greater number of the personages named in it once lived and acted in the manner in which I have pre sented them. My hero and my heroine are fictitious; so also are the parents of my heroine, the father of my hero, one lawyer, one woman, two servants, a farmer and his wife, the landlord of an inn, and a few other entirely negligible characters. But the family of the fitzherberts passed precisely through the fortunes which I have described; they had their confessors and their one traitor (as I have said). Mr. Anthony Babington plotted, and fell, in the manner that is related; Mary languished in Chartley under Sir Amyas Paulet; was assisted by Mr. Bourgoign; was betrayed by her secretary and Mr. Gifi'ord, and died at Fotheringay; Mr. Garlick and Mr. Ludlam and Mr. Simpson received their vocations, passed through their adventures; were captured at Padley, and died in Derby. Father Campion (from whose speech after torture the title of the book is taken) sufi'ered on the rack and was executed at Tyburn. Mr. Topcliffe tormented the Catholics that fell into his hands; plotted with Mr. Thomas fitzherbert, and bar gained for Padley (which be subsequently lost again) on the terms here drawn out. My Lord Shrewsbury rode about Derbyshire, directed the search for recusants and presided at their deaths; priests of all kinds came and went in disguise; Mr. Owen went about constructing hiding boles Mr. Bassett lived defiantly at Langleys, and dabbled a little (i am afraid) in occultism; Mr. F enton was often to be found in Hathersage - all these things took place v.
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His eyes should shine, his lips should sing; he should slap his mare upon her shoulder and call her his darling. The puddles upon his way should be turned to pure gold, and the stream that runs beside him should chatter her name. Yet, as Robin rode toM arjorie none of these things were done. It was a still day of frost; the sky was arched above him, across the high hills, like that terrible crystal which is the vault above which sits God hard blue from horizon to horizon; the fringe of feathery birches stood like filigree-work above him on his left; on his right ran theD erwent, sucking softly among his sedges; on this side and that lay the flat bottom through which he went meadowland broken by rushes; his mare Cecily stepped along, now cracking the thin ice of the little pools with her dainty feet, now going gently over peaty ground, blowing thin clouds from her red nostrils, yet unencouraged by word or caress from her rider; who sat, heavy and all but slouching, staring with his blue eyes under puckered eyelids, as if he went to an appointment which he would not keep. Yet he was a very pleasant lad to look upon, smoothfaced and gallant, mounted and dressed in a manner that should give any lad joy.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book tells the story of two young lovers, Robin and Marjorie, living in Derbyshire during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. England at this time is a turbulent place, where the Catholic faith is under constant threat from the Protestant crown. Robin, whose father has decided to convert to Protestantism, faces a difficult choice: stay true to his Catholic faith and risk his familyââ â¢s standing, or follow his father into a world of political conformity and religious compromise. The author vividly recreates the social and religious tensions of Elizabethan England, using the young coupleââ â¢s story to illustrate the profound impact of religious persecution on everyday life. The narrative delves into the complexities of faith, loyalty, and love, exploring the pressures faced by Catholics to conform to the established religion. We see the clandestine world of secret Masses, hiding priests, and the constant threat of discovery by the authorities. Through the experiences of Robin, Marjorie, and their friends, this book offers a powerful glimpse into the lives of ordinary people caught in the midst of a tumultuous historical period, highlighting the human cost of religious conflict and the enduring power of faith in the face of adversity. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781440061141_0
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