"All's Well"; or, Alice's Victory

Author: Emily Sarah Holt
Language: English
Subjects: Historical fiction · Counter-Reformation
Shelves: Category: Historical Novels · Category: Novels · Category: British Literature

The opening, in English.

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

All's Well Alice's Victory

By Emily Sarah Holt ________________________________________________________________________ This book is set in the sixteenth century, at the beginning of the Reformation. The action is in the Weald of Kent, a hugely forested area that extended as far as Hampshire. The family at the centre of the story had been converted to Protestantism, but still outwardly clung to Catholicism. This meant that the local priest, through hearing confessions, knew something of what was going on, and carried the information to the Bishop. One of the younger women of the family had been particularly advanced in her Protestant action and beliefs. She is taken before the Bishop, and is condemned to jail, where she is very badly treated, sleeping on straw, without change of clothing, and fed only on bread and water. The place where she was ke…

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