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The Scourge of God: A Romance of Religious Persecution
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This is a historical novel composed as a narrative prose work set during a period marked by religious persecution and political upheaval. The story explores the personal and social conflicts faced by its characters amid the turbulence of the seventeenth century. Central to the plot is Martin Ashurst, the nephew of a noblewoman, who becomes entangled in issues of love, family legacy, and moral dilemmas. The novel depicts the struggles of its characters against a backdrop of societal and religious tensions, highlighting the dangers and conflicts of the time. Its focus on individual relationships and the impact of political upheaval reflects broader themes of faith and moral integrity common in the genre of late 19th-century historical fiction.
The narrative provides insight into the personal effects of religious intolerance and the societal conflicts of the period through detailed character development and storytelling. The work was written in the late 19th century and draws on historical elements relevant to the era of religious and political upheaval in Europe. It aims to portray the complex interactions between personal loyalty, faith, and societal expectations within a tumultuous historical context.
The narrative provides insight into the personal effects of religious intolerance and the societal conflicts of the period through detailed character development and storytelling. The work was written in the late 19th century and draws on historical elements relevant to the era of religious and political upheaval in Europe. It aims to portray the complex interactions between personal loyalty, faith, and societal expectations within a tumultuous historical context.
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In this stirring romance of the seventeenth century the reader shares the adventures of an English officer who serves under Turenne in his German campaigns. The author has written an engrossing story of love and war. Denounced. "The author of 'Denounced' is second to none in the romantic recounting of the tales of earlier days. A story of the critical times of the vagrant and ambitious Charles I, it is so replete with incident and realistic happenings that one seems translated to the very scenes and days of that troublous era in English history. The interest throughout is of that absorbing and magnetic kind that holds one's attention closely from the first chapter to the last."-- Boston Courier . In the Day of Adversity "We do not hesitate to declare that Mr. Bloundelle-Burton's new romance will be very hard to beat in its own particular line. . . . Mr. Burton's creative skill is of the kind which must fascinate those who revel in the narratives of Stevenson, Rider Haggard, and Stanley Weyman. Even the author of 'A Gentleman of France' has not surpassed the writer of 'In the Day of Adversity' in the moving interest of his tale."-- St. James's Gazette . D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK. THE SCOURGE OF GOD A ROMANCE OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION BY JOHN BLOUNDELLE-BURTON. AUTHOR OF DENOUNCED, IN THE DAY OF ADVERSITY, ETC. "Prince! que j'ai honoré comme mon Roi, et que j'honore encore comme Le Fléau de Dieu!" Saurin Louis XIV NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1898 Copyright , 1898, By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. CONTENTS. I . Awaiting the traveller. II . The traveller from England. III . A parting soul. IV . Les attroupés. V . 'Twixt then and now. VI . "La femme, malheureusement si fameuse, funeste et terrible."--St. Simon. VII . The house by the bridge. VIII . An exodus. IX . "Baville! un magistrat dont les epouvantables rigueurs doivent être signalée l'horreur de la postérité"--St. Simon. X . The lighted torch. XI . "Consorting with heretics." XII . "I am a Protestant." XIII . Urbaine. XIV . The attack. XV . Shelter and refuge. XVI . Succour. XVII . The ruse. XVIII . La divinéresse. XIX . Lex talionis. XX . What is this mystery? XXI . "You will never find him." XXII . I love you. XXIII . "Love her! Beyond all thought!…
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