The Jesuit.
By (author): "Alison MacLeod"
Publish Date:
1972
ISBN0340165553
AsinThe Jesuit.
Original titlePrisoner of the queen
This is a historical novel about the conflict between England's Protestant Queen and her Catholic subjects. The protaganist is a young priest, Paul Calverley. He was trained in Rome to face the dangers which await him in England - arrest, false accusation, the dungeon, and the rack.