Benson, Robert Hugh 1871-1914

Lord of the world by Robert Hugh Benson ( Book )
98 editions published between 1907 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 496 libraries worldwide

Papers of a pariah by Robert Hugh Benson ( Book )
16 editions published between 1907 and 1967 in English and held by 491 libraries worldwide

Come rack! Come rope by Robert Hugh Benson ( Book )
54 editions published between 1900 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 416 libraries worldwide
"This novel tells of the struggles and sufferings of Catholic Recusants under Queen Elizabeth I of England. One such Recusant, Robin Audrey, is shocked to learn his father had decided to leave the Catholic Church for the safety of the Church of England. The narrative follows Robin's struggle with the call of faith, as he is torn between his dream of marriage and a priestly vocation, which would entail further persecution and might even end in martyrdom"--Back cover.

A book of essays by Robert Hugh Benson ( Book )
16 editions published between 1916 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 369 libraries worldwide

The history of Richard Raynal, solitary by Robert Hugh Benson ( Book )
35 editions published between 1905 and 2010 in English and held by 291 libraries worldwide

By what authority by Robert Hugh Benson ( Book )
44 editions published between 1904 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 279 libraries worldwide
For Great Keynes, as for most English villages and towns at this time, secular affairs were so deeply and intricately interwoven with ecclesiastical matters that none dared decide on the one question without considering its relation to the other; and ecclesiastical affairs, too, touched them more personally than any other, since every religious change scored a record of itself presently within the church that was as familiar to them as their own cottages. On none had the religious changes fallen with more severity than on the Maxwell family that lived in the Hall, at the upper and southern end of the green. Old Sir Nicholas, though his convictions had survived the tempest of unrest and trouble that had swept over England, and he had remained a convinced and a stubborn Catholic, yet his spiritual system was sore and inflamed within him. To his simple and obstinate soul it was an irritating puzzle as to how any man could pass from the old to a new faith, and he had been known to lay his whip across the back of a servant who had professed a desire to try the new religion. Although written over a hundred years ago at the time of the Elizabethan persecution of "papists", it rings true even today where it is considered "with it" to denounce the Catholic Church.

Confessions of a convert by Robert Hugh Benson ( Book )
30 editions published between 1913 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 271 libraries worldwide

Oddsfish by Robert Hugh Benson ( Book )
33 editions published between 1914 and 2007 in English and French and held by 261 libraries worldwide

The king's achievement by Robert Hugh Benson ( Book )
42 editions published between 1905 and 2010 in English and held by 260 libraries worldwide

The necromancers by Robert Hugh Benson ( Book )
36 editions published between 1907 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 254 libraries worldwide
There is a real Augustinian terror of the void--in the absence of God comes real evil. In the book's climax, Maggie's love for Laurie, and a night of sincere prayer draw him back from the brink--a brink that practical, clear-headed, convent-raised Maggie glimpses in the form of the dark, fiery "personality" she confronts in the night. This "personality" can be none other than the Devil himself.