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Book Synopsis Come Rack! Come Rope! by : Robert Hugh Benson
Download or read book Come Rack! Come Rope! written by Robert Hugh Benson and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of the struggle for the Catholic faith in the days of Elizabeth I. It is set in Derbyshire, and the action takes place in the years between 1579 and 1588 -- a period when to be a Catholic meant persecution, and probably death.
Book Synopsis Come Rack! Come Rope! by : Robert Hugh Benson
Download or read book Come Rack! Come Rope! written by Robert Hugh Benson and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fictionalized account of life during the persecution of Catholics in the Elizabethan era will enthrall any reader who supports religious freedom. Written by a priest who was himself an adult convert from Anglicism to Catholicism, this stirring tale of personal sacrifice and faith in the face of insurmountable odds is a fascinating document of a dark period in European history.
Book Synopsis Come Rack! Come Rope! by : Robert Hugh Benson
Download or read book Come Rack! Come Rope! written by Robert Hugh Benson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come Rack! Come Rope! is a historical novel by the English priest and writer Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914), a convert to Catholicism from Anglicanism. Set in Derbyshire at the time of the Elizabethan persecution of Catholics, when being or harbouring a priest was considered treason and was punishable with death, it tells the story of two young lovers who give up their chance of happiness together, choosing instead to face imprisonment and martyrdom, so that God's will may be done.
Book Synopsis Come Rack! Come Rope! by : Robert Hugh Benson
Download or read book Come Rack! Come Rope! written by Robert Hugh Benson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come Rack! Come Rope! is a historical novel by the English priest and writer Robert Hugh Benson. Benson was a convert to Catholicism from Anglicanism. He set the plot of his novel in Derbyshire at the time of the Elizabethan persecution of Catholics. At those times, being or harboring a Catholic priest was considered treason and was punishable by death. The book tells the story of two young lovers. They give up their chance of happiness together for their beliefs and are ready to meet the challenges of the time so that God's will may be done.
Download or read book Come Rack Come Rope written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Come Rack Come Rope" from Benson Robert Hugh. English Anglican priest who joined the Roman Catholic Church (1871-1914).
Book Synopsis Come Rack! Come Rope! by : Robert Hugh Benson
Download or read book Come Rack! Come Rope! written by Robert Hugh Benson and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come Rack! Come Rope! is a historical novel by the English priest and writer Robert Hugh Benson. Set in Derbyshire at the time of the Elizabethan persecution of Catholics, the inspiration for the story comes from Dom Bede Camm's account of the recusant Fitzherbert family in Forgotten Shrines. The title of the book is taken from a letter of Saint Edmund Campion in which, after torture, he assured Catholics that he had revealed "no things of secret, nor would he, come rack, come rope." Most of the characters in the book are historical people; only the hero and heroine, their parents, and some minor characters are fictional."Come Rack! Come Rope!" is an inspiring portrayal of Catholic life in Elizabethan England.
Book Synopsis Lord of the World by : Robert Hugh Benson
Download or read book Lord of the World written by Robert Hugh Benson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1908 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel's protagonist is a British Roman Catholic priest, Father Percy Franklin, who looks identical to the mysterious U.S. Senator Julian Felsenburgh of Vermont. The senator appears as a lone and dramatic figure promising world peace in return for blind obedience. No one quite knows who he is or where he comes from, but his voice mesmerizes. Under his leadership, war is abolished. Felsenburgh becomes the President of Europe, then of the world, by popular acclaim. Everyone is fascinated with him, yet still no one knows much about him. People are both riveted and frightened by the way he demands attention. Most follow without question. Having been a close observer of President Felsenburgh's rise, Father Franklin is called to Rome, a Hong Kong-style enclave ruled by Pope John XXVI and raised to the College of Cardinals. Meanwhile, defections among bishops and priests increase. At Cardinal Franklin's instigation, the pope abolishes the Eastern Catholic Churches and forms a new religious order, the Order of Christ Crucified. All its members, including the Pope, vow to die in the name of the faith.
Book Synopsis Come Rack! Come Rope! by : Robert Hugh Benson
Download or read book Come Rack! Come Rope! written by Robert Hugh Benson and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come Rack! Come Rope! is a historical novel by the English priest and writer Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914), a convert to Catholicism from Anglicanism. Set in Derbyshire at the time of the Elizabethan persecution of Catholics, when being or harbouring a priest was considered treason and was punishable with death, it tells the story of two young lovers who give up their chance of happiness together, choosing instead to face imprisonment and martyrdom, so that God's will may be done.PLOT/PARTI./ Robin Audrey and Marjorie Manners, both aged seventeen, are secretly engaged. They both come from recusant Catholic families in Derbyshire, but she is the more devout of the two. Robin's mother died when he was about seven, and his father has continued to practise the Catholic faith, despite having to pay heavy fines for refusing to attend services in the established Church of England. The two families meet several times a year, when Mass is being secretly offered by a priest.The story begins when Robin visits his fiancée and tells her that his father has announced that he can no longer tolerate the persecution and fines, that he will take the bread and wine in the Anglican church at Easter, and that Robin must do the same. Marjorie advises her lover to leave the area for Easter, so that his father will have time to accept that his son will not follow him. She gives him a rosary which belonged to the recently executed priest Cuthbert Mayne, kisses him for the first time, and urges him to trust in God.When he arrives home, Robin finds his friend Anthony Babington waiting for him. Anthony is also a Catholic, fanatically devoted to the imprisoned, Catholic Queen of Scots. Robin tells Anthony of his troubles. Later, the two men are out riding, and pass three other men. One of them, Mr. Garlick, recognises Anthony, having heard Mass in his house, and on being assured that Robin is also a Catholic, introduces the newly ordained Mr. Simpson and his travelling companion Mr. Ludlam to the two friends, telling them that Mr. Simpson will say Mass the following Sunday. Robin realises, as he goes home, that he must not mention this to his father.Robin's troubles at home increase, as he has to cope with his father's anger and sneers. Meanwhile, Marjorie is tormented by unexpected but persistent ideas that perhaps God is calling Robin to the priesthood. She feels that if a love higher than hers is calling, she must not stand in the way, but is unsure whether such thoughts come from God or from her own imagination. She talks to Mr. Simpson, but he is unable to advise her. She is afraid to mention it to Robin, in case she has merely imagined this to be God's will, yet feels she should at least sow a seed in his mind. She prays for guidance, thinking that "a broken heart and God's will done would be better than that God's will should be avoided and her own satisfied...".Robert Hugh Benson AFSC KC*SG KGCHS (18 November 1871 - 19 October 1914) was an English Anglican priest who in 1903 was received into the Roman Catholic Church in which he was ordained priest in 1904.
Book Synopsis Come Rack! Come Rope! by : Robert Hugh Benson
Download or read book Come Rack! Come Rope! written by Robert Hugh Benson and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Come Rack! Come Rope! by : Robert Hugh Benson
Download or read book Come Rack! Come Rope! written by Robert Hugh Benson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Come Rack! Come Rope! by Robert Hugh Benson
Book Synopsis Come Rack! Come Rope! by : Msgr Robert Hugh Benson
Download or read book Come Rack! Come Rope! written by Msgr Robert Hugh Benson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come Rack! Come Rope! is a dramatic novel set in England during the Elizabethan era; a time in which religion, and the violence which ensued after the Reformation, played a heavy role in everyday life. True to form, Robert Hugh Benson opens the novel in dramatic style. We are introduced to a seventeen year old couple, Robin Audrey and Marjorie Manners, who have become secretly engaged. While both are Catholic, they and their families live in rural Derbyshire at a time when Catholicism has become subject to persecution. We are led to contemplate not merely how the fate of the young couple will transpire, but how the entire community will cope with the animosity born of religious upheavals. Benson's research of the time shines, as certain characters pledge support to the imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots and contemplate how to survive the violent oppression. The darkness of these days is reflected in the title of the book: the rack and rope were a method of torture, which was employed against many priests and openly religious people at the time. It was a common prelude to violent execution, such as being hung, drawn and quartered in public. Such events were intended to discourage Catholics from challenging the new order, and such terrifying, grisly barbarity commonly succeeded in its aims. Yet Robin, who becomes the novel's protagonist, is not cowed to submission by such horrific acts - he sets off to France to study in the priesthood instead. The scene in which he announces his intentions to his father is the novel's first major turning point; we realize that even the mutual romantic affection between he and Marjorie is not enough to dissuade him from following his calling - Marjorie humbly encourages him to pursue his course as set out by God. The intensity of spiritual beliefs, and consequences of defiance, are a recurring theme throughout this novel. Even when the author published this book in 1912, the 16th century persecutions were becoming less mentioned and remembered. Robert Hugh Benson is keen to reflect historical accuracy and minimize his personal outlook - that he, a Catholic priest, constructed a novel that portrays the time in an evenhanded manner, is a noteworthy accomplishment.
Book Synopsis Come Rack! Come Rope! by : Robert Benson
Download or read book Come Rack! Come Rope! written by Robert Benson and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come Rack! Come Rope! is a historical novel by the English priest and writer Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914), a convert to Catholicism from Anglicanism. Set in Derbyshire at the time of the Elizabethan persecution of Catholics, when being or harbouring a priest was considered treason and was punishable with death, it tells the story of two young lovers who give up their chance of happiness together, choosing instead to face imprisonment and martyrdom, so that "God's will" may be done. It is perhaps the best known of Benson's novels, and has been reprinted several times.
Book Synopsis Come Rack! Come Rope!.by by : Robert Hugh Benson
Download or read book Come Rack! Come Rope!.by written by Robert Hugh Benson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Hugh Benson (18 November 1871 - 19 October 1914) was an English Anglican priest who in 1903 was received into the Roman Catholic Church in which he was ordained priest in 1904. He was lauded in his own day as one of the leading figures in English literature, having written the notable novel Lord of the World (1907).Benson was the youngest son of Edward White Benson (Archbishop of Canterbury) and his wife, Mary, and the younger brother of Edward Frederic Benson and A. C. Benson. Benson was educated at Eton College and then studied classics and theology at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1890 to 1893. In 1895, Benson was ordained a priest in the Church of England by his father, who was the then Archbishop of Canterbury. After his father died suddenly in 1896, Benson was sent on a trip to the Middle East to recover his own health. While there he began to question the status of the Church of England and to consider the claims of the Roman Catholic Church. His own piety began to tend toward the High Church tradition, and he started exploring religious life in various Anglican communities, eventually obtaining permission to join the Community of the Resurrection. Benson made his profession as a member of the community in 1901, at which time he had no thoughts of leaving the Church of England. As he continued his studies and began writing, however, he became more and more uneasy with his own doctrinal position and, on 11 September 1903, he was received into the Catholic Church. He was awarded the Dignitary of Honour of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. Benson was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1904 and sent to Cambridge. He continued his writing career along with his ministry as a priest.Like both his brothers, Edward Frederic Benson ("Fred") and Arthur Christopher Benson, Robert wrote many ghost and horror stories, collected in The Light Invisible (1903) and A Mirror of Shallott (1907). His novel, Lord of the World (1907), is generally regarded as one of the first modern dystopias (see List of dystopian literature). As a young man, Benson recalled, he had rejected the idea of marriage as "quite inconceivable." Benson was appointed a supernumerary private chamberlain to the Pope in 1911 and, consequently, styled as Monsignor
Book Synopsis Come Rack! Come Rope! (Esprios Classics) by : Robert Hugh Benson
Download or read book Come Rack! Come Rope! (Esprios Classics) written by Robert Hugh Benson and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Hugh Benson (18 November 1871 - 19 October 1914) was an English Roman Catholic priest and writer. In 1903, Benson, a Anglican priest, was received into the Catholic Church; he was ordained a Catholic priest the next year. He was also a prolific writer of fiction, writing the notable dystopian novel Lord of the World, as well as Come Rack! Come Rope!. His output encompassed historical, horror and science fiction, contemporary fiction, children's stories, plays, apologetics, devotional works and articles. He continued his writing career at the same time as he progressed through the hierarchy to become a Chamberlain to Pope Pius X in 1911 and gain the title of Monsignor, before his death a few years later.
Book Synopsis Come Rack, Come Rope by : Robert Hugh Benson
Download or read book Come Rack, Come Rope written by Robert Hugh Benson and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of the struggle for the Catholic faith in the days of Elizabeth I. It is set in Derbyshire, and the action takes place in the years between 1579 and 1588 -- a period when to be a Catholic meant persecution, and probably death.
Book Synopsis An Average Man by : Robert Hugh Benson
Download or read book An Average Man written by Robert Hugh Benson and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Come Rack! Come Rope! (Large Print) by : Robert Benson
Download or read book Come Rack! Come Rope! (Large Print) written by Robert Benson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yet, as Robin rode to Marjorie none of these things were done. It was a still day of frost; the sky was arched above him, across the high hills, like that terrible crystal which is the vault above which sits God-hard blue from horizon to horizon; the fringe of feathery birches stood like filigree-work above him on his left; on his right ran the Derwent, sucking softly among his sedges; on this side and that lay the flat bottom through which he went-meadowland broken by rushes; his mare Cecily stepped along, now cracking the thin ice of the little pools with her dainty feet, now going gently over peaty ground, blowing thin clouds from her red nostrils, yet unencouraged by word or caress from her rider; who sat, heavy and all but slouching, staring with his blue eyes under puckered eyelids, as if he went to an appointment which he would not keep.
