New Book Tells of the Survival of English Catholics in Spite of Centuries of Horrific Persecution from a Hostile Religious Regime in England

[mdgspencer]

see theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/05/the-catholics-roy-hattersley-history-review

“Roy Hattersley, politician turned historian, sets out a sin of omission in what has been published in his elegantly written, sweeping account of Catholics in these islands from the Reformation to the present day. It’s a tale of high drama and high stakes, by turns horrifying, romantic and ultimately hopeful.”

 

[7_Sorrows]

Thanks for sharing. That looks like a really good book. I grew up in the Episcopal church and after a dry period of 25-30 years became an Anglican for a brief period
before converting to Catholicism so the history of Christianity in England, although
tragic in so many ways, is also fascinating. I hope I get a chance to read this book.

 

[Exiled_Child]

Thanks for the post, mdgspencer. I’m always interested in secretive, underground Catholicism.

 

[Exiled_Child]

Thanks for the post, mdgspencer. I’m always interested in secretive, underground groups of Catholics, and I’ve long been fascinated by the English and Welsh recusants. Not that I know too many details about their history, or anything.

 

[Pulvis]

Thank you for this.