God's Secret Agents: Queen Elizabeth's Forbidden Priests And The Hatching Of The Gunpowder Plot - Rilegato

Hogge, Alice

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ISBN 10: 0060542276 ISBN 13: 9780060542276

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2005

Riassunto

An analysis of religious fundamentalism during the reign of Elizabeth I describes the government's promotion of patriotism over religious beliefs in late sixteenth-century England, tracing the mission of two young Jesuit priests to return power to the Catholic church. 35,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Hogge’s absorbing narrative of the experience of [Catholic] underground life reads like a historical novel.” (The Guardian)

“Hogge deftly narrates the seething world of religious conflict in late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England.” (Publishers Weekly)

“An illuminating look at an often overlooked period of church-state turmoil . . . Draws surprising parallels with events today.” (National Catholic Reporter)

“An exciting account of the Catholic resistance in England under Elizabeth.” (New Statesman)

“Compelling storytelling.” (The Observer)

“Alice Hogge’s vivid narrative culminates in a gripping account of the [Gunpowder] Plot and its disastrous denouement.” (Eamon Duffy, New York Review of Books)

“A well-researched, skillfully crafted book that evokes the physical as well as the intellectual world of Renaissance English Catholicism.” (Weekly Standard)

“A tense, taut, real-life political thriller.” (Booklist)

“[A] vivid and moving portrait of the Counterreformation in the Elizabethan age.” (Jonathan Mirsky, The Spectator (A Book of the Year))

“Paints a vivid picture of the stresses of operating in secret, under false identities, in constant fear of betrayal.” (London Times)

L'autore:

Alice Hogge was educated at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. She lives in London. This is her first book.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060542276
• ISBN 13: 9780060542276
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 445