Faces of Persecution: 18 Books of Struggle and Survival
Historical Narratives of Faith, Political Repression, Martyrdom, and SurvivalBy Victorien Sardou, William Harrison Ainsworth, A. S. M. Hutchinson, Emily Sarah Holt, Crona Temple, Allan Fea, Samuel Chandler, George M. White, J. Napier Brodhead, Michael Davitt, John Bloundelle-Burton, Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, Grant Balfour, John Foxe, James Anthony Froude, William Henry Giles Kingston, Isya Joseph
Length179h 10m
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Faces of Persecution: 18 Books of Struggle and Survival gathers fiction, historical narrative, religious testimony, political reflection, and adventure writing around the enduring realities of oppression, conscience, exile, and endurance. Its wide chronological and stylistic range places dramatic invention beside documentary-minded history, allowing persecution to appear not as a single event but as a recurring social and moral crisis. Especially resonant are the volume's engagements with martyrdom, sectarian conflict, national struggle, and the private costs of public conviction. The contributors span several literary cultures and generations, from Reformation chronicling and Victorian historical romance to Irish nationalist commentary and popular modern fiction. Collectively, their work intersects with traditions of Protestant martyrology, Catholic historical memory, imperial adventure, and nineteenth-century historical writing. These differing ideological inheritances do not flatten persecution into a simple lesson; rather, they reveal how religious identity, state power, class, nationality, and personal loyalty shape accounts of suffering and resistance. The anthology's breadth makes visible both the continuities and contestations within narratives of survival. Recommended for students and general readers of history, religion, and literature, this volume offers an unusually rich comparative encounter with voices confronting coercion and loss. Readers will find educational value in its varied genres and historical settings, while the dialogue among its texts encourages careful reflection on testimony, memory, courage, and the ethics of representing suffering.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length179 hrs 10 mins
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Fox's Book of Martyrs
26"Exiled for the Faith" (pt. 2)
2Fox's Book of Martyrs
27The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906
3LIKEWISE A SKETCH OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
28The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906
4CHAPTER II.
29THE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN FRANCE
5CHAPTER III.
30INCONSISTENT JACOBINISM
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6CHAPTER IV.
31THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
7CHAPTER V.
32CATHOLICISM IN GERMANY
8CHAPTER VI. (pt. 1)
33SEPARATION
9CHAPTER VI. (pt. 2)
34APPENDIX
10CHAPTER VII.
35The Scourge of God
11CHAPTER VIII.
36CHAPTER I. (pt. 1)
12CHAPTER IX.
37CHAPTER I. (pt. 2)
13CHAPTER XII. (pt. 1)
38CHAPTER I. (pt. 3)
14CHAPTER XII. (pt. 2)
39CHAPTER I. (pt. 4)
15CHAPTER XIV.
40Fabiola; Or, The Church of the Catacombs
16CHAPTER XV.
41Fabiola; Or, The Church of the Catacombs
17CHAPTER XVI.
42PREFACE.
18CHAPTER XVIII.
43Part First.—Peace. (pt. 1)
19CHAPTER IX.
44Part First.—Peace. (pt. 2)
20CHAPTER XX.
45Part Second.—Conflict. (pt. 1)
21CHAPTER XXI.
46Part Second.—Conflict. (pt. 2)
22CHAPTER XXIII.
47Part Second.—Conflict. (pt. 3)
23Exiled for the Faith: A Tale of the Huguenot Persecution
48Part Second.—Conflict. (pt. 4)
24Exiled for the Faith: A Tale of the Huguenot Persecution
49Part Third.—Victory.
25"Exiled for the Faith" (pt. 1)
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