In Derbyshire under Elizabeth I, Robin Audrey and Marjorie Manners are young, in love and secretly Catholic. When Robin decides to become a priest, both give up marriage for a dangerous vocation, hiding hunted priests among real figures such as Edmund Campion and the FitzHerbert family, while the queen’s officers search the countryside.
Benson’s most famous historical novel, almost entirely grounded in recorded fact. Download the free EPUB.