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- Country of Origin
- Ireland
- ISBN
- 9780385544528
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385544529
ISBN-13
9780385544528
eBay Product ID (ePID)
248326451
Product Key Features
Book Title
King and the Catholics : England, Ireland, and the Fight for Religious Freedom, 1780-1829
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Modern / 18th Century, Royalty, Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Christianity / Catholic, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837)
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
23.6 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-015523
Reviews
"[A] splendid account of the struggle for Catholic emancipation . . . Fraser knows better than anybody how to make political and religious history fun . . . Her tale flows with such elegance and enthusiasm that you barely stop to notice just how skillfully she does it." --Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times "Triumphant . . . [ The King and the Catholics ] explains, without ever obviously seeming to do so, how implacable prejudices and intractable issues can be tackled and overcome. In other words, it is that rarest of things: a good news story." --Peter Stanford, The Sunday Telegraph "This is an absolutely splendid book. With the brio and narrative skill which has been in evidence since her first book--the irreplaceable classic biography of Mary Queen of Scots--Fraser gives us a vivid account of Catholic Emancipation. Some of the most dramatic scenes in our parliamentary history are here brought to life with unmatched verve." --A. N. Wilson, The Spectator "Fraser's prose is a pleasure to read . . . her book is the ideal introduction to the subject." --Christopher Howse, The Telegraph
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
941.074
Synopsis
In the eighteenth century, the Catholics of England lacked many basic freedoms under the law: they could not serve in political office, buy or inherit land, or be married by the rites of their own religion. So virulent was the sentiment against Catholics that, in 1780, violent riots erupted in London--incited by the anti-Papist Lord George Gordon--in response to the Act for Relief that had been passed to loosen some of these restrictions. The Gordon Riots marked a crucial turning point in the fight for Catholic emancipation. Over the next fifty years, factions battled to reform the laws of the land. Kings George III and George IV refused to address the "Catholic Question," even when pressed by their prime ministers. But in 1829, through the dogged work of charismatic Irish lawyer Daniel O'Connell and the support of the great Duke of Wellington, the watershed Roman Catholic Relief Act finally passed, opening the door to the radical transformation of the Victorian age. Gripping, spirited, and incisive, The King and the Catholics is character-driven narrative history at its best, reflecting the dire consequences of state-sanctioned oppression--and showing how sustained political action can triumph over injustice.
LC Classification Number
DA505.F73 2018
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