For Faith and Freedom: Monmouth's Rising and the Bloody Assizes
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Monmouth's rebellion of 1685, the Bloody Assizes and the transportation of the defeated to the West Indian plantations, seen from a dissenting household in Somerset. Besant wrote historical fiction with a social reformer's eye, and the slavery at the end of it is not softened. This edition is bound with a gallery of 35 plates after painters including Gillis Neyts, Antoine Le Nain and Abraham Bosse, and carries 23 illustrations restored and coloured for it.
Monmouth's rebellion of 1685, the Bloody Assizes and the transportation of the defeated to the West Indian plantations, seen from a dissenting household in Somerset. Besant wrote historical fiction with a social reformer's eye, and the slavery at the end of it is not softened. This edition is bou...
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Walter Besant (1836-1901) was an English novelist and social reformer born in Portsmouth. His novels about East End poverty led directly to the founding of the People's Palace in Mile End, and he founded the Society of Authors. His works include All Sorts and Conditions of Men, For Faith and Freedom, The Orange Girl, and Armorel of Lyonesse.
Walter Besant (1836-1901) was an English novelist and social reformer born in Portsmouth. His novels about East End poverty led directly to the founding of the People's Palace in Mile End, and he founded the Society of Authors. His works include All Sorts and Conditions of Men, For Faith and Free...
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