By What Authority?: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

By What Authority?, credited to Robert Hugh Benson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of By What Authority? by Robert Hugh Benson. Read in English by Carol Pelster Two wealthy families are neighbors in Elizabethan England; one is staunchly Catholic and the other is devoutly Protestant. The attractive young scions of the families are drawn to each other in friendship and love, but are kept apart by their opposing religions. Life is very difficult for Catholics during those times. They are subject to fines, imprisonment, torture and ignominious death for practicing their faith. On the other hand, for various reasons some Catholics give up their inherited faith, and even betray and persecute their fellow-religionists. As the threads of plot are woven tighter, heroes emerge, sometimes most unexpectedly, as they grapple with theological doubts and conflicts, and undergo extreme suffering and loss. The many characters we meet ring true, whether they are brilliant or superstitious, stalwart or wavering, pious or violent; and it is a great privilege to spend time with such towering historical figures as St. Edmond Campion and Queen Elizabeth herself. Love, history, theology, suspense, and an array of colorful characters are sewn inexorably together in this large and compelling story. (Intro by Carol Pelster)

Recording facts

• Recording title: By What Authority?
• Author credits: Robert Hugh Benson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 41
• Listed recording duration: 23:13:08

Catalogue topics

• Catholic
• english reformation
• elizabethan era

Opening tracks: first 24 of 41

1. 01 - Part 1 Chapter 1 — 19:42
2. 02 - Part 1 Chapter 2 — 35:07
3. 03 - Part 1 Chapter 3 — 39:08
4. 04 - Part 1 Chapter 4 — 35:14
5. 05 - Part 1 Chapter 5 — 30:22
6. 06 - Part 1 Chapter 6 — 39:54
7. 07 - Part 1 Chapter 7 — 31:49
8. 08 - Part 1 Chapter 8 — 20:30
9. 09 - Part 1 Chapter 9 — 21:46
10. 10 - Part 1 Chapter 10 — 41:55
11. 11 - Part 1 Chapter 11 — 40:38
12. 12 - Part 1 Chapter 12 — 28:48
13. 13 - Part 2 Chapter 1 — 40:00
14. 14 - Part 2 Chapter 2 — 37:52
15. 15 - Part 2 Chapter 3 — 33:46
16. 16 - Part 2 Chapter 4 — 43:01
17. 17 - Part 2 Chapter 5 — 57:15
18. 18 - Part 2 Chapter 6 — 44:03
19. 19 - Part 2 Chapter 7 — 36:14
20. 20 - Part 2 Chapter 8 — 28:58
21. 21 - Part 2 Chapter 9 — 40:25
22. 22 - Part 2 Chapter 10 — 39:35
23. 23 - Part 2 Chapter 11 — 53:15
24. 24 - Part 2 Chapter 12 — 43:35

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