The King's Achievement
In crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
"Seldom has a more powerful picture been presented of the ruin wrought to monastic life by the rapacity of Henry than that which Mr. Benson has furnished.... He has contrived to furnish forth a novel in which the interest is well maintained, and the characters, good or bad, are intensely human."—Scotsman.
"The first English novelist to give us an adequately faithful picture of a period which presents many difficulties to the historian and the novelist alike.... Must appeal both to Roman Catholic and Protestant as an honest and fair transcript of a passage in English history of which we have small reason to be proud.... A novel of far more than ordinary merit."—East Anglian Times.
The Queen's Tragedy
In crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
"Father Benson has undertaken to present Mary Tudor to us in a manner that shall awaken, not the feelings of horror and detestation usually considered appropriate, but those of pity, understanding, and respect. Exquisitely pathetic is the figure he draws, with so much sympathy and insight."—Globe.
"As a piece of character drawing, Father Benson has, we think, done nothing better than this pen portrait of the unfortunate and much maligned Mary Tudor. While vindicating her from the odium cast upon her by anti-catholic historians, he paints her at the same time in true, and not bright colours.... A faithful picture of the least understood of England's Queens."—Universe.
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Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.,
announce the following books
for publication this autumn.