A Tale of Souls: The Church in Turmoil - Henry VIII to Bloody Mary (The Reformation - A Family Divided) (Volume 2)

by Karen Rees

Series: The Reformation - A Family Divided

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THE BATTLE CONTINUES. The year is 1535. William Tyndale is arrested in Antwerp for producing an English Testament without Church permission. English merchant and Bible smuggler Owen Alton is desperate to save him from the stake. He reluctantly allows wife Jane to sail to London to seek the King's help for William. Owen knows that Jane will be walking into danger if authorities there have discovered that, eight years ago, she was the Bible smugglers' spy. And what of the other secrets from her past which she'll be confronting on this trip? Jane also fears for Owen. He's taken many risks over the years while smuggling William's Testaments into England. But, this time, he plans to slip into the very prison where William is being held. If he's discovered....… (more)

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A Tale of Souls; The Church in Turmoil - Henry VIII to Bloody Mary

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A Tale of Souls: The Church in Turmoil

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William Tyndale

Henry VIII, King of England

Edward VI, King of England (1537-1553)

Lady Jane Gray

Mary I, Queen of England (1516-1558)

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Antwerp

London, England

St Paul's Cathedral, London, England, UK

Lollard's Tower

Smithfield

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martyrdom (William Tyndale, 1536 | Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, 1555)

Henry VIII breaks with the Pope (1534)

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THE BATTLE CONTINUES. The year is 1535. William Tyndale is arrested in Antwerp for producing an English Testament without Church permission. English merchant and Bible smuggler Owen Alton is desperate to save him from the stake. He reluctantly allows wife Jane to sail to London to seek the King's help for William. Owen knows that Jane will be walking into danger if authorities there have discovered that, eight years ago, she was the Bible smugglers' spy. And what of the other secrets from her past which she'll be confronting on this trip? Jane also fears for Owen. He's taken many risks over the years while smuggling William's Testaments into England. But, this time, he plans to slip into the very prison where William is being held. If he's discovered....

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The battle continues. The year is 1535. William Tyndale is arrested in Antwerp for producing an English Testament without Church permission. English merchant and Bible smuggler Owen Alton is desperate to save him from the stake. He reluctantly allows wife Jane to sail to London with a letter for Thomas Cromwell requesting the King's help for William. Owen knows that Jane will be walking into danger if authorities there have discovered that, eight years ago, she was the Bible smugglers' spy. And what of the other secrets from her past that she'll be confronting on this trip? Jane has her own concerns for Owen. He has taken many risks over the last eleven years while smuggling William's Testaments into England. But, this time, Owen will be taking an even greater one. He plans to slip into the very prison where William is being held. Discovery will mean death.

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