Foxe's Book of Martyrs

A Christian classic thats inspired and challenged believers for more than four centuries! From the stoning of Stephen to his own perilous timeReformation-era EnglandFoxe chronicles the lives, suffering, and triumphant deaths of Christian martyrs and traces the roots of religious persecution. Includes a preface that places Foxes masterpiece in spiritual and historical context. John Foxe (15161587), was an English Puritan preacher and author of The Book of Martyrs , a graphic and polemic account of those who suffered for the cause of Protestantism.