title: God's Secret Agents: Queen Elizabeth's Forbidden Priests and the Hatching of the Gunpowder Plot
author:  Alice Hogge 
description: As historian Hogge points out in this sometimes dry and sometimes lively popular religious history, the impulse to return Catholicism to England in the latter part of the 16th century arose with the establishment of the Anglican Church. In the early days of her reign, Elizabeth instituted strict laws regarding church attendance and religious practice with punishments that included fines and death. By the time that James I ascended to the throne, persecution of Catholics had risen to such a pitch that a group of Catholic conspirators, including most famously Guy Fawkes, hatched a plot to blow up Parliament. Hogge provides a tantalizing glimpse into the lives of the priestssuch as Edmund Campion, John Gerard and Henry Garnetwho made martyrs of themselves in their efforts to reinstate Catholicism in England. Hogge deftly narrates the seething world of religious conflict in late 16th- and early 17th-century England, as well as the intra-Catholic conflicts that arose in the face of persecutions by the throne. Anyone interested in vibrant details of the Gunpowder Plot will have to look elsewhere, since the event plays a small role in Hogge's book, but for a detailed sketch of the religious conflict that led to the plot, Hogge's book provides a starting point. <i>(June)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  # Queen of the Assassins
  
  
  ### An Academy of Assassins Novel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Stacey Brutger
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  **THOUGH THE ACADEMY IS AT PEACE, THE OUTSIDE WORLD IS STILL IN TURMOIL,
  LEAVING THE ASSASSINS TO FIGHT THEIR DEADLIEST FOE YET—THEMSELVES.**
  
  
  
  
  
  A cold case. A coven gone dark. Morgan and her men decide to take some time
  away from the Academy to cement their bonds and investigate the mysterious
  disappearance. Unfortunately, what should’ve been a routine mission quickly
  goes sideways when they’re attacked, turning their intimate vacation into a
  nightmare.
  
  
  
  
  
  The weakening wards around the coven are the only thing keeping the evil from
  spilling into the human world…and holding the Assassins captive. Escaping
  would mean leaving one of her own behind to battle the ancient evil alone. Not
  happening.
  
  
  
  
  
  Which means they need to discover a way to send the beasts that e