Crossbows & Crucifixes: A Novel of the Priest Hunters and the Brave Young Men Who Fought Them

by Henry Garnett

Book Overview

Age Range: 10 and up

England, 1585: Queen Elizabeth's spies lurk everywhere, searching out Catholics who refuse to attend the non-Catholic services of the State religion. Officers of the law hunt down and kill Catholic priests, and imprison those who shelter them.

In these perilous times, fifteen-year-old Nicholas Thorpe discovers that his widowed mother has become Catholic, and he soon joins the Church she has come to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933184361
• ISBN13: 9781933184364
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 6.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 12