Browse by Tag: Historical Fiction

• Book Review: Come Rack, Come Rope

  📝 Book Review  · Mar 8, 2026 · 2 min read  ·

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  Catholics, Grace, and Persecution in Elizabethan England

  Author: Robert Hugh Benson

  Star Rating:  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★  5/5

  Come Rack, Come Rope is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, a time when practicing Catholicism could bring danger or even death. This historical fiction novel weaves real historical details into a gripping fictional story, following Catholic characters, mainly Robin and Marjorie, in how they respond to …

  
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• Book Review: The Power and the Glory

  📝 Book Review  · Aug 8, 2024 · 2 min read  ·

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  A thriller novel about a priest’s moral struggles in a time of persecution

  Author: Graham Greene

  Star Rating:  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★  5/5

  This book was fascinating and mysterious, and it kept me wondering what would happen next. It is a fictional novel about a priest in Mexico during a time of anti-Catholicism when Catholicism was outlawed. This priest had been on the run for years, and the police had been unable to catch him. We start in the story by …

  
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