A Book of English Martyrs

About this film

LibriVox recording of A Book of English Martyrs by E. M. Wilmot-Buxton. Read in English by John; Michael Curran; Kristine Wales; KevinS; JeffE; DJRickyV; swiftsjourney This volume is a simple narrative suited to children's understanding of the thrilling times when English Catholics suffered for the Faith in the troubled days of the sixteenth century, when Tyburn tree was a concrete fact, and when ardent love hurled the defiance, "Come rack! Come rope!" Martyrs lay and cleric are here commemorated. The Carthusians, Houghton, Lawrence, Webster; the Jesuits, Campion, Sherwin, Southwell; the secular priests, Hart, Lacey, Ingleby; the countess of Salisbury, mother of Cardinal Pole; the Chancellor of England Blessed Thomas More, Philip Earl of Arundel, and Margaret Clitherow, harborer of priests. Their stories are told whenever possible in the words of records of the time (Summary from America Magazine, Volume 14, 1916) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B…

Directors & creators

E. M. Wilmot-Buxton

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Catholic; england; saint; henry viii; martyrs; imprimatur; nihil obstat; thomas more; edmund campion; philip of arundel

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