Oddsfish! (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Robert Hugh Benson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330148878 ISBN 13 : 9781330148877

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Where faith, danger, and loyalty collide in a seventeenth‑century world of court intrigue.
A young English gentleman leaves a cloister for a life of possibility, weighed by doubt and a calling he may not fully trust. In Rome and London, he winds through political schemes, royal pressure, and intimate loyalties, all while the shadow of a Catholic cause looms large. This historical novel blends vivid settings, moral questions, and personal trial into one gripping journey.

- Experience a dramatic audience with the Vatican and a glimpse of pope‑led reform
- Follow a perilous path from a religious life to the heart of royal politics
- Witness public executions, courtly drama, and the push between faith and power
- Read a narrator who weighs vocation, identity, and allegiance against a world in upheaval

Ideal for readers who enjoy historical romance flavored with religion, politics, and personal conscience, portrayed through a vividly drawn, first‑person voice.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Biographie de l'auteur

Aeterna Press: Low-cost, high quality Christian Paperbacks and E-Books. Spanning the genres of Christian Bibles, Commentaries, Theology, Mariology, History, Devotionals, Meditations, Prayers, Monasticism, Sermons, Biographies, The Catholic Church, Church Fathers to Collections, Fiction, Philosophy, History, Literary Collections, References, Critiques and Poetry.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330148878
• ISBN 13: 9781330148877
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 475
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