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

Crossbows and Crucifixes: A Novel of the Priest Hunters and the Brave Young Men Who Fought Them DubucEngland, 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 love. Thus begin Nicholas' adventures in the

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