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Free Download Christopher de Bellaigue, "In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0007113943 | EPUB | pages: 304 | 0.4 mb
A superb, authoritatively written insider’s account of Iran, one of the most mysterious but significant and powerful nations in the world.

Free Download Roger Hutchinson, "Martyrs: Glendale and the Revolution in Skye"
English | 2016 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 1780273223 | EPUB | 2,5 mb
In the 1830s and 1840s the district of Glendale on the island of Skye was swamped by immigrants cleared from other north Skye estates. The resultant overcrowding and overuse of land caused simmering discontent – not against the incomers, but against the landowners, who regarded their tenants as no more than chattels. This book is a definitive account of what happened when the powder-keg erupted and a full-scale land-war ensued. Pitched battles with police, factors and bailiffs, military intervention, arrests, trials, imprisonment and the personal intervention of the Prime Minister were to have huge consequences for crofters all over the Highlands, who, ultimately, were the victors. At the heart of the rising was a man named John MacPherson of Lower Milovaig in Glendale, a courageous, charismatic and articulate crofter who was twice imprisoned for leading a rebellion against a system which kept all but the wealthiest in a state of bitter servitude. MacPherson quickly became known as ‘the Glendale Martyr’. Martyrs tells the story of John MacPherson, his comrades, his allies, his enemies and his final success.

Free Download James Edward Ketelaar, "Of Heretics and Martyrs in Meiji Japan: Buddhism and Its Persecution"
English | ISBN: 0691055998 | | 299 pages | PDF | 21 MB
How did Buddhism, so prominent in Japanese life for over a thousand years, become the target of severe persecution in the social and political turmoil of the early Meiji era? How did it survive attacks against it and reconstitute itself as an increasingly articulate and coherent belief system and a bastion of the Japanese national heritage? Here James Ketelaar elucidates not only the development of Buddhism in the late nineteenth century but also the strategies of the Meiji state.

Free Download Paul Middleton, "The Violence of the Lamb: Martyrs as Agents of Divine Judgement in the Book of Revelation "
English | ISBN: 0567257126 | 2018 | 304 pages | PDF | 2 MB
The act of martyrdom in the worldview of the Apocalypse has been considered to be an exemplification of non-violent resistance. Paul Middleton argues here, however, that it is in fact a representation of direct participation by Christians, through their martyrdom, in divine violence against those the author of Revelation portrays as God’s enemies. Middleton shows that acceptance of martyrdom is to grasp the invitation to participate in the Revelation’s divine violence. Martyrs follow the model laid down by the Lamb, who was not only slain, but resurrected, glorified, and who executes judgement.

Free Download 150 North American Martyrs You Should Know By Brian O’ Neel
2014 | 208 Pages | ISBN: 161636551X | EPUB | 1 MB
In this compelling new book, Brian O’Neel tells the stories of martyrs associated with North America. Some are from other countries and died in their attempts to spread the faith on this continent. Some were born on this continent but died doing missionary work in other lands. Some were individual martyrs, and some were part of an heroic group. Some were "white martyrs" who, although they did not shed their blood for the faith, suffered much for the spread of their faith. The book includes:A lively presentation about each martyr (or group of martyrs)A practical application for the readerA historical context for how these martyrs helped the Church to grow in North AmericaThese martyrs changed the world by their courage and commitment, and their stories have the power to inspire us today to live our Catholic faith bravely and boldly.