John Gerard: The Autobiography of an Elizabethan

Stock Code:
BAE5812
Price:
$25.00

Description

John Gerard: The Autobiography of an Elizabethan. Translated from the Latin by Philip Caraman. With an Introduction by Graham Greene.'Truth is stranger than fiction. And nowhere in literature is it so apparent as in this classic work, "The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest." This autobiography of a Jesuit priest in Elizabethan England is a most remarkable document and John Gerard, its author, a most remarkable priest in a time when to be a Catholic in England courted imprisonment and torture; to be a priest was treason by act of Parliament.Smuggled into England after his ordination and dumped on a Norfolk beach at night, Fr. Gerard disguised himself as a country gentleman and traveled about the country saying Mass, preaching and ministering to the faithful in secret always in constant danger. The houses in which he found shelter were frequently raided by priest hunters; priest-holes, hide-outs and hair-breadth escapes were part of his daily life. He was finally caught and imprisoned, and later removed to the infamous Tower of London where he was brutally tortured.'

Details

  • Author:
    Gerard, John (et al)
  • Book Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Publisher:
    Longmans, Green and Co, London
  • Edition:
    Third Impression
  • Jacket Condition:
    None
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    Counter15
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    287
  • Publish Date:
    1951
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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