Acts and Monuments
by John Foxe
Taste attributes: documentaryhistoricaldramaslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentary
Boxlist takeExpect a heavy, realistic non-fiction book, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
"Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the church with an universal history of the same. Wherein is set forth at large, the whole race and course of the church, from the primitive age to these later times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubled, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ ...
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- Author
- John Foxe
- Published
- 1563
- Pages
- 589
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- Open Library
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