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God's Traitors - Terror and Faith in Elizabethan England by Jessie Childs
Category: History
A true story of plots, priest-holes and persecution and one family's battle to save Catholicism in Reformation England. Elizabeth I criminalised Catholicism in England. For refusing to attend Anglican services her subjects faced crippling fines and imprisonment. For giving refuge to outlawed priests ...Show more
Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard by Jessie Childs
Category: Biography Memoir
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was one of the most flamboyant and controversial characters of Henry VIII's reign. A pioneering poet, whose verse had a profound impact on Shakespeare, Surrey was nevertheless branded by one contemporary as 'the most foolish proud boy that is in England'. He was the heir of ...Show more
The Siege of Loyalty House: A new history of the English Civil War by Jessie Childs
Category: Popular History
A dramatic, immersive and thrillingly original account of a defining episode in the English Civil WarIt was a time of climate change and colonialism, puritans and populism, witch hunts and war . . .Drawing on unpublished manuscripts and the voices of countless victims of the crossfire, Jessie Childs wea ...Show more
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