Come Rack! Come Rope!
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Come Rack! Come Rope! is a historical novel published in 1912 by the English priest and writer Robert Hugh Benson, a convert to Catholicism from Anglicanism. Set in Derbyshire at the time of the Eliza
Cover of the first edition (1912)
Title page of the first edition
Saint Edmund Campion appears and is mentioned frequently in the novel.
Tyburn, where Edmund Campion was martyred.
Richard Simpson (martyr)
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Richard Simpson was an English priest, martyred in the reign of Elizabeth I. He was born in Well, in Yorkshire. Little is known of his early life, but according to Challoner's Memoirs of Missionary Pr
Come Rack! Come Rope!
…fanatically devoted to the imprisoned, Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots. While out riding, the two meet Mr. Garlick, who introduces them to the newly ordained Mr. Simpson and his travelling companion Mr. Ludlam, telling them that Mr. Simpson will say Mass the following Sunday. Robin realises that he must not mention this…
Stained glass window in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Bridge Gate, Derby.