The betrayal : a novel on John Calvin / Douglas Bond.
Material type: TextPublication details: Phillipsburg, N.J. : P&R Pub., c2009.Description: 383 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 1596381256 (pbk.)
- 9781596381254 (pbk.)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | Bond Douglas | Available | 33111007529767 |
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.