God's Traitors: Terror and Faith in Elizabethan England

Synopsis

Tells The Fascinating Story Of One Catholic Family, The Vauxes Of Harrowden Hall, From The Foundation Of The Church Of England In The 1530s To The Gunpowder Plot Of 1605, And Their Struggle To Keep The Faith In Protestant England. --publisher's Description. Prelude: The Calm Before Campion -- William And Henry. The Enterprise Is Begun ; To Be A Perfect Catholic ; Lying Lips ; Worldly Woes ; Refuse Of The World ; Flibbertigibbets ; Atheistical Anthony Babington's Complotment ; Lambs To The Slaughter -- Eleanor And Anne. The Widow And The Virgin ; Fright And Rumour ; Mrs Brooksby's Household ; Virgo Becomes Virago ; Hurly Burly ; Hot Holy Ladies -- Eliza. Brazen-faced Bravados ; Assy Reprobateness ; Long John With The Little Beard ; St Peter's Net -- Powder Treason. This Stinking King ; Desperate Attempts ; Quips And Quiddities ; Strange And Unlooked For Letters ; In The Hole ; Two Ghosts ; That Woman ; Yours Forever. Jessie Childs. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.