Book - Novel, Sargent, George E, Richard Hunne : a story of old London, [n.d.] [First published by Religious Tract Society in 1871, this edition probably 1890]

Physical description

384 p. : ill. ; red cover embossed in black with geometric design. Title printed in red on gold rectangle on front cover, and on spine.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Book plate pasted inside front cover, with inscription 'State School No. 880 Linton / Fourth Class Boys / Second Prize Awarded to / Robt. Hisshion / 11-4-95'.

Summary

Fictionalised account of the life of Richard Hunne, an English merchant who during the reign of Henry VIII, and just prior to the English Reformation, fell into dispute with the Catholic Church, was accused of heresy, and died in mysterious circumstances in prison.

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