The King's Achievement

by Robert Hugh Benson

Overview

THE KING'S ACHIEVEMENT is an epic story set during the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII. It is Robert Hugh Benson's second in a series intended to relate the story of the English Reformation in fictional form from the Catholic point of view. Benson's sister Margaret thought it "beautifully written, a pleasure to read."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780972982122
Publisher:	Once and Future Books
Publication date:	10/15/2005
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.93(d)

About the Author

Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914), the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, was educated at Eton and Trinity College. Drawn toward the High-Church tradition, Benson was ordained an Anglican priest by his father, but began to investigate the claims of the Catholic Church during a trip to the Middle East in 1896. He converted to Roman Catholicism in 1903 and was ordained to the Catholic priesthood the following year. Amid his various ecclesial duties, he was a well-known preacher and a prolific writer, and his works span many genres, including science and historical fiction, contemporary novels, children's books, apologetics, plays, poetry, and devotional material.

Editorial Reviews

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"A good story, excellently told-capable of inspiring deep love for the Faith and opening our eyes to the sufferings which have preserved it for us."-FR AIDAN NICHOLS OP, St Michael's College, Kingston, Jamaica

"Enjoyable as it is edifying, Benson's historical novel The King's Achievement helps us third-millennium readers become more familiar with the heroic times of anti- Catholic persecution in England."-FR ARMAND DE MALLERAY FSSP, author X-ray of the Priest In A Field Hospital

"Breathe the air of a recusant household and family; rejoice in the triumphs of Divine Grace imagined in these absorbing pages: because this story is as exciting and as page-turning as a modern thriller."-FR JOHN HUNWICKE

"This precious historical novel is essential reading to all those interested in the national and personal complexities of the English Reformation."-TIMOTHY KELLY PHD, Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford

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