Superstition Corner by Sheila Kaye-Smith. One of the great Catholic novels by an award-winning author. The following is taken from reviews at the time of earlier editions: “Sheila Kaye-Smith’s English is exquisite . . . This book can surely rank as a great Catholic novel.”–Best Sellers. “Thrilling romance . . . Laughter and love and blood and fire and mob fury whirl through it.”–Commonweal. “Taut and tense in the telling. . . . It is charged with the energy of faith under siege . . . . the theme and the story never droop or lag or dip into the saccharine.”–Books On Trial. “Only a writer who is at once a realist and a mystic could have worked this special miracle for us.”–New York Times. “What a fresh, vigorous tale it is . . . ‘Galloping Kate’, Master Pecksall, the renegade priest, and the Alard family are all characterized with masterly brevity and force.”–Catholic World. A book of the month choice at various times for The Catholic Book Club, The Thomas More Book Club and the Catholic Family Book Club. This historical novel tells of the real persecution of Catholics, about the loyal Catholics who dared to resist the Established Church under Elizabeth I in England. Hardcover, sewn signatures, 60 lb. cream paper, 220 pages. |