Author: Peter KleinPublisher:
ISBN: 9781910723685
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Temptation and Downfall of the Vicar of Stanton Lacy
Author: Peter KleinPublisher:
ISBN: 9781910723685
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Temptation and Downfall of the Vicar of Stanton Lacy
Author: Peter KleinPublisher:
ISBN: 9781873674710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A married vicar with a passion for a young single woman, a bitter publican, a Peeping Tom, a resentful church warden: our human frailties are still much as they always have been. Over three hundred years ago, the Reverend Robert Foulkes arrived as the new incumbent at the wealthy parish of Stanton Lacy, Shropshire. Charismatic, 'exceedingly followed and admired', he set off a chain of events which led to his hanging at Tyburn in 1679. What irrational impulse could have brought a man of the Church to such a squalid end? Historian Peter Klein has pieced together remarkable documentary evidence which shows a village seething with jealousies, covetousness and sexual intrigue. Their eloquent new vicar was the catalyst for the moving and powerful tragedy that followed. Awaiting execution, in Newgate gaol, Foulkes wrote his confessional pamphlet, An Alarme for Sinners, which was an immediate C17th best-seller. Today the ancient church of Stanton Lacy still stands and there inscribed on a wall plaque, along with other less notorious vicars, is the name of Reverend Robert Foulkes and the dates he served there. In this remarkable book, Peter Klein unfolds the full story of Robert Foulkes for the first time. From the scaffold, Foulkes addressed the crowd: 'You may in me see what sin is, and what it will end in.' A true story ""more real than any historical novel - more moving, more evocative, more human."" John Fowles Jacketed paperback, includes 'character list' book mark. "
In Unfamiliar England
Author: Thos. D. MurphyPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
In Unfamiliar England is a book by Thos. D. Murphy. A fascinating travelogue where the author takes the reader on an all-England tour by car, with excursions into Ireland as Scotland as well. Excerpt: "Ipswich, though a city of some seventy thousand people and of considerable activity, is by no means shorn of its old-time interest and picturesqueness. There are many crooked old-world streets where the soft, time-mellowed tones of the gray walls and antique gables are diversified by carved beams, plaster fronts and diamond-paned windows, each of which has its box of brightly colored flowers."
Counterfeit Miracles
Author: Benjamin Breckinridge WarfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mental healing
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire
Author: Samuel BagshawPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shropshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
Vanishing England
Author: Peter Hampson DitchfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Critical Thinking
Author: Gregory BasshamPublisher:
ISBN: 9780071101547
Category : Critical thinking
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Through the use of humour, fun exercises, and a plethora of innovative and interesting selections from writers such as Dave Barry, Al Franken, J.R.R. Tolkien, as well as from the film 'The Matrix', this text hones students' critical thinking skills.
The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I.
Author: Frederick PollockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
The Lives of the Saints
Author: S. Baring-GouldPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752342579
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Lives of the Saints by S. Baring-Gould
The Parish Registers of England
Author: John Charles CoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church records and registers
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description