The Knout: A Tale of Poland

by Mrs. J. Sadlier

Book Overview

This work begins: "In 1621, when the Polish ambassadors presented to Paul the Fifth the banners taken from the infidels, and piously besought him for relics, the venerable Pontiff replied: "Why ask ye me for relics'?-you have but to pick up a little of your Polish earth every particle of which is the relic of a martyr." In what words then, might Christendom now address that longsuffering, and most heroic nation? In the beginning of the seventeenth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503104451
• ISBN13: 9781503104457
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"