The King's Achievement

by Robert Hugh Benson

Overview

The King's Achievment is Robert Hugh Benson's second in a series of three novels designed to tell the story of the English Reformation from the Catholic point of view. (Goodreads)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783965372740
Publisher:	Otbebookpublishing
Publication date:	06/17/2019
Series:	Classics To Go
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	383
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

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. He was a prolific writer of fiction and wrote the notable dystopian novel Lord of the World (1907). 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 the Pope in 1911 and subsequently titled Monsignor. (Wikipedia)

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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