Prize for the fire : a novel /
Draws on The Examinations of Anne Askew and other historical documents to recreate in novel form the life of Anne Askew, who was tried, convicted and burned at the stake in 1546. Follows Askew from a rebellious girlhood in Lincolnshire, through an abusive marriage in the Fenlands from which she esca...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Norman :
University of Oklahoma Press,
[2022].
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| Edition: | First ediition. |
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| Summary: | Draws on The Examinations of Anne Askew and other historical documents to recreate in novel form the life of Anne Askew, who was tried, convicted and burned at the stake in 1546. Follows Askew from a rebellious girlhood in Lincolnshire, through an abusive marriage in the Fenlands from which she escapes, to an underground network of evangelical Reformists in London, where her public interpretations of Scripture bring her to the attention of the authorities. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 369 pages ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780806190723 0806190728 |