In Convent Walls: The Story of the Despensers

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book In Convent Walls: The Story of the Despensers by Emily Sarah Holt, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Emily Sarah Holt ISBN: 9781465582584
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Emily Sarah Holt
ISBN: 9781465582584
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
The historical portion of this tale has been partially narrated in one of my previous volumes, “In All Time of our Tribulation,” in which the Despenser story is begun, and its end told from another point of view. That volume left Isabelle of France at the height of her ambition, in the place to reach which she had been plotting so long and so unscrupulously. Here we see the Nemesis come upon her and the chief partner of her guilt; the proof that there is a God that judgeth in the earth. It is surely one of the saddest stories of history—sad as all stories are which tell of men and women whom God has endowed richly with gifts, and who, casting from them the Divine hand which would fain lift them up into the light of the Golden City, deliberately choose the pathway of death, and the blackness of darkness for ever. Few women have had grander opportunities given them than Isabelle for serving God and making their names blessed and immortal. She chose rather to serve self: and thereby inscribed her name on one of the blackest pages of England’s history, and handed down her memory to eternal execration. For “life is to do the will of God”—the true blessedness and glory of life here, no less than the life hereafter.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
The historical portion of this tale has been partially narrated in one of my previous volumes, “In All Time of our Tribulation,” in which the Despenser story is begun, and its end told from another point of view. That volume left Isabelle of France at the height of her ambition, in the place to reach which she had been plotting so long and so unscrupulously. Here we see the Nemesis come upon her and the chief partner of her guilt; the proof that there is a God that judgeth in the earth. It is surely one of the saddest stories of history—sad as all stories are which tell of men and women whom God has endowed richly with gifts, and who, casting from them the Divine hand which would fain lift them up into the light of the Golden City, deliberately choose the pathway of death, and the blackness of darkness for ever. Few women have had grander opportunities given them than Isabelle for serving God and making their names blessed and immortal. She chose rather to serve self: and thereby inscribed her name on one of the blackest pages of England’s history, and handed down her memory to eternal execration. For “life is to do the will of God”—the true blessedness and glory of life here, no less than the life hereafter.

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book Peeps at Postage Stamps by Emily Sarah Holt
Cover of the book The Firing Line by Emily Sarah Holt
Cover of the book Frédérique (Complete) by Emily Sarah Holt
Cover of the book Four American Leaders by Emily Sarah Holt
Cover of the book Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Emily Sarah Holt
Cover of the book Wanderings in Ireland by Emily Sarah Holt
Cover of the book Mr. Wayt's Wife's Sister by Emily Sarah Holt
Cover of the book Letters on Astronomy in which the Elements of the Science are Familiarly Explained in Connection with Biographical Sketches of the Most Eminent Astronomers by Emily Sarah Holt
Cover of the book Viajes por Filipinas: De Manila á Albay, De Manila á Marianas, De Manila á Tayabas (Complete) by Emily Sarah Holt
Cover of the book The Convent of Pleasure: A Comedy by Emily Sarah Holt
Cover of the book The Women of the Confederacy by Emily Sarah Holt
Cover of the book The Flirt by Emily Sarah Holt
Cover of the book With the Battle Fleet: Cruise of the Sixteen Battleships of the United States Atlantic Fleet from Hampton Roads to the Golden Gate, December, 1907-May, 1908 by Emily Sarah Holt
Cover of the book Texas: A Brief Account of the Origin, Progress and Present State of the Colonial Settlements of Texas; Together With an Exposition of the Causes Which Have Induced the Existing War With Mexico by Emily Sarah Holt
Cover of the book Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 Containing the Reminiscences of Harris Newmark by Emily Sarah Holt
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy