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  • Fabiola

    or, The Church of the Catacombs

    by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman ...
    Rome under Diocletian, a Christian girl in a patrician household, and the catacombs where the persecuted meet. Wiseman was the first Catholic cardinal in England since the Reformation and wrote the novel to show English readers what the early church had actually been; it was translated into a dozen languages. Sixty plates of Roman processions, ruins and prisons by Mantegna and Piranesi give the ... Read more

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  • Fabiola; Or, The Church of the Catacombs

    by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman ...
    The novel "Fabiola" is set in ancient Rome during the time of Christian persecution. It follows the story of Fabiola, a young Roman noblewoman who undergoes a spiritual journey that leads her to convert to Christianity. The narrative explores Fabiola's encounters with early Christians, her struggles with faith and personal growth, and her eventual commitment to the Christian faith despite the ... Read more

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  • Fabiola: The Church of the Catacombs

    by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman ...
    THE late Cardinal Wiseman’s admirable story, “Fabiola,” has been read for the last thirty years in many lands and many tongues. At this late day, to say that it has been everywhere productive of inestimable good to Christian souls, would be the utterance of the merest truism. But while its salutary influence has been felt far and wide, it seems to have been fraught with special blessings most ... Read more

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  • Faces of Persecution: 18 Books of Struggle and Survival

    Historical Narratives of Faith, Political Repression, Martyrdom, and Survival

    by Victorien Sardou, William Harrison Ainsworth, A. S. M. Hutchinson, Emily Sarah Holt, Crona Temple, Allan Fea, Samuel Chandler, George M. White, J. Napier Brodhead, Michael Davitt, John Bloundelle-Burton, Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, Grant Balfour, John Foxe, James Anthony Froude, William Henry Giles Kingston, Isya Joseph ...
    Faces of Persecution: 18 Books of Struggle and Survival gathers fiction, historical narrative, religious testimony, political reflection, and adventure writing around the enduring realities of oppression, conscience, exile, and endurance. Its wide chronological and stylistic range places dramatic invention beside documentary-minded history, allowing persecution to appear not as a single event but ... Read more

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  • Fabiola; Or, The Church of the Catacombs (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Historical Romance of Early Christian Rome, Martyrdom, and Conversion Under Diocletian

    by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, Pearl Cressmere ...
    Fabiola; Or, The Church of the Catacombs is a learned historical romance set in fourth-century Rome during the persecutions of Diocletian. Through the spiritual awakening of the aristocratic Fabiola and the witness of martyrs, confessors, slaves, and converts, the novel reconstructs the hidden life of the early Church in the catacombs. Its style combines antiquarian detail, melodramatic plotting, ... Read more

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  • Fabiola; Or, The Church of the Catacombs

    Enriched edition. A Tale of Christian Persecution and Faith in Ancient Rome

    by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, Tessa Benson ...
    In "Fabiola; Or, The Church of the Catacombs," Nicholas Patrick Wiseman intricately weaves historical narrative with themes of faith, sacrifice, and resilience during the early Christian era. Set against the backdrop of Rome's catacombs, the novel employs a captivating literary style that blends vivid descriptive passages with engaging character development. Wiseman's work reflects the tensions ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Fabiola Or The Church Of The Catacombs (Unabridged)

    by NICHOLAS PATRICK WISEMAN ...
    Narrated by David Roberts ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 24 min

    This historical novel is set in Rome in the early 4th century AD, during the time of the cruel persecution of Christians under the Emperor Diocletian.The heroine of the book is Fabiola, a young pagan beauty from a noble Roman family. Fabiola seems to have everything, including a superior education in the philosophers, yet under the surface, she is not content with her life. One day, in a fit of ... Read more

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  • Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

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  • Fox's Book of Martyrs

    Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant / Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs

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    Fox's Book of Martyrs is a seminal work that chronicles the brutal persecution of Christians, chiefly during the Reformation and earlier. Written in the early 16th century, Foxe employs a stark and vivid narrative style that engages readers while provoking a deep emotional response to the martyrs' suffering. His meticulous documentation of their trials and tribulations presents not only individual ... Read more

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