The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest Author:John Gerard Disguised as a country gentleman, Fr. Gerard traveled about the country saying Mass, preaching and ministering to the faithful in secret--always in constant danger. The houses in which he he found shelter were frequently raided; priest-holes, hide-outs and other hairbreadth escapes were part of his daily life. He was imprisoned and later remo... more »ved to the Tower of London. His escape, means of a rope thrown across the moat, is a daring and magnificent climax to a true story which, for sheer narrative power and interest far exceeds any fiction. Here is an accurate and exciting picture of England when just to be Catholic courted imprisonment and torture; to be a Catholic priest in England was treason by act of Parliament.« less
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