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The betrayal : a novel on John Calvin / Douglas Bond.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Phillipsburg, N.J. : P&R Pub., c2009.Description: 383 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1596381256 (pbk.)
  • 9781596381254 (pbk.)
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Contents:
Note to the reader -- April 1918 : the bombardment -- The confession -- The accusative case -- Shorn head -- The voice of God -- The scourge of God -- The plague closes in -- Frank next door -- Carriage ride -- My new gown -- The price of learning -- Fleshed on the prey -- Paris burning -- My chapeau -- My license -- Changes afoot -- Orleans -- Light in Bourges -- Seeking Calvin -- Cost of quietude -- Providence -- Martyr burning -- Cop speaks out -- Flight! -- To Angouleme -- Caves and wine -- Royal feasting -- The Institutes -- A violent world -- Fiery farel -- Geneva -- Lausanne debate -- Banished! -- Strasbourg -- One hundred deaths -- Triumph at last -- The end -- Timeline of the Reformation and John Calvin's life -- Guide to further reading.
Summary: Set amidst the backdrop of the scholarship and humanism of renaissance France, and its love of luxury, power, and decadence, this fast-paced biographical novel on John Calvin is told from the perspective of a rival whose envy escalates to violent intrigue.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Bond Douglas Available 33111007529767
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Set amidst the backdrop of the scholarship and humanism of renaissance France, and its love of luxury, power, and decadence, this fast-paced biographical novel on John Calvin is told from the perspective of a rival whose envy escalates to violent intrigue.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-383).

Note to the reader -- April 1918 : the bombardment -- The confession -- The accusative case -- Shorn head -- The voice of God -- The scourge of God -- The plague closes in -- Frank next door -- Carriage ride -- My new gown -- The price of learning -- Fleshed on the prey -- Paris burning -- My chapeau -- My license -- Changes afoot -- Orleans -- Light in Bourges -- Seeking Calvin -- Cost of quietude -- Providence -- Martyr burning -- Cop speaks out -- Flight! -- To Angouleme -- Caves and wine -- Royal feasting -- The Institutes -- A violent world -- Fiery farel -- Geneva -- Lausanne debate -- Banished! -- Strasbourg -- One hundred deaths -- Triumph at last -- The end -- Timeline of the Reformation and John Calvin's life -- Guide to further reading.

Set amidst the backdrop of the scholarship and humanism of renaissance France, and its love of luxury, power, and decadence, this fast-paced biographical novel on John Calvin is told from the perspective of a rival whose envy escalates to violent intrigue.

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