The Last Abbot of Glastonbury: A Tale of the Dissolution of the Monasteries (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Tudor Reformation, Glastonbury Abbey, and the Martyrdom of Richard WhitingBy A. D. Crake
Length6h 50m
About this audiobook
The Last Abbot of Glastonbury is a historical romance centered on the fall of Glastonbury Abbey during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries, culminating in the martyrdom of its final abbot, Richard Whiting. Written in a lucid, earnest Victorian prose, the tale combines antiquarian detail, moral drama, and devotional pathos. It belongs to the nineteenth-century tradition of historical fiction that sought to recover England's medieval Catholic past while interpreting national upheaval through character, conscience, and providence. A. D. Crake, or Augustine David Crake, was an Anglican clergyman, schoolmaster, and prolific writer of historical tales for young readers. His ecclesiastical vocation and educational work strongly shaped his fiction: he wrote not merely to entertain, but to instruct morally and historically. His interest in early and medieval England, visible throughout his oeuvre, informs this book's sympathetic treatment of monastic life and its critique of political and religious violence. This book is recommended to readers interested in Tudor history, religious conflict, and Victorian historical fiction. It will especially appeal to those who value narrative history animated by ethical seriousness, spiritual conviction, and a poignant sense of vanished institutions.
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Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length6 hrs 50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 30, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2HISTORICAL PREFACE.
3INDEX.
4ERRATUM.
5PART I.
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6THE Last Abbot of Glastonbury , A TALE OF THE DAYS OF HENRY VIII .
7Prologue.
8CHAPTER I. ALL-HALLOW EVEN.
9CHAPTER II. RETROSPECT.
10CHAPTER III. THE SECRET CHAMBER.
11CHAPTER IV. THE ARREST.
12CHAPTER V. THE ROAD-SIDE INN.
13CHAPTER VI. THE TRIAL.
14CHAPTER VII. GLASTONBURY TOR.
15CHAPTER VIII. ON THE TRACK.
16CHAPTER IX. IN THE RUINS OF THE ABBEY.
17PART II.
18CHAPTER I. THE OLD MANOR HOUSE.
19CHAPTER II. AN EVENTFUL RAMBLE.
20CHAPTER III. AN ACT OF GRATITUDE.
21CHAPTER IV. EXETER GAOL.
22CHAPTER V. PUT TO THE QUESTION.
23CHAPTER VI. AN UNEXPECTED DISCLOSURE.
24CHAPTER VII. CASTLE REDFYRNE.
25CHAPTER VIII. LED FORTH TO DIE.
26CHAPTER IX. BREATHING TIME.
27CHAPTER X. THE SHADOWS DARKEN.
28CHAPTER XI. AN ANCIENT INN.
29CHAPTER XII. THE HAND OF GOD.
30CHAPTER XIII. THE TRUST FULFILLED.
31CHAPTER XIV. SUUM CUIQUE TRIBUITUR.
32Epilogue.
33BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
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