During the Persecution: Autobiography of Father John Gerard: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

During the Persecution: Autobiography of Father John Gerard, credited to Father John Gerard, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of During the Persecution: Autobiography of Father John Gerard by Father John Gerard. (Translated by G. R. Kingdon.) Read in English by Librivox Volunteers. Fr. John Gerard (1564 – 1637) was an English Jesuit priest who operated covertly in England during the Elizabethan era, during which the Catholic Church was subject to persecution. Gerard notably not only successfully hid from the English authorities for eight years before his capture but also endured extensive torture, escaped from the Tower of London, recovered and continued with his covert mission. After his escape to the Continent, he was instructed by his Jesuit superiors to write a book about his life. This is a rare first-hand account of the dangerous cloak-and-dagger world of a Catholic priest in Elizabethan England. This book, from a later translation, is more well known under the title "Autobiography of a Hunted Priest". (Adapted from wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: During the Persecution: Autobiography of Father John Gerard
• Author credits: Father John Gerard
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 42
• Listed recording duration: 8:49:37

Catalogue topics

• Queen Elizabeth
• Catholic
• england
• persecution
• torture
• priest
• martyrdom
• jesuit

Opening tracks: first 24 of 42

1. 00 - Preface — 7:26
2. 01 - My Life before Ordination — 17:11
3. 02 - Arrival in England as a Priest — 26:53
4. 03 - Residence in the County of Norfolk — 17:27
5. 04 - My new Residence, and another change — 18:02
6. 05 - My Excursions, and their fruit — 17:04
7. 06 - My first hiding-place — 10:46
8. 07 - Some account of Father Oldcorne — 12:04
9. 08 - An account of some remarkable Relics — 6:45
10. 09 - Beginnings of danger — 16:57
11. 10 - My second hiding-place — 14:28
12. 11 - My capture and examinations — 14:00
13. 12 - A digression — 7:17
14. 13 - Other examinations — 5:47
15. 14 - My prison is changed for the better — 10:08
16. 15 - Martyrdom of Mistress Anne Line — 10:54
17. 16 - Life and work in Prison — 12:12
18. 17 - Continuation of my Life in the Clink — 13:46
19. 18 - How Topcliffe was among the Prophets — 11:04
20. 19 - How I was sent to the Tower — 11:14
21. 20 - My first torture — 13:34
22. 21 - My second torture — 10:43
23. 22 - Life in the Tower — 17:35
24. 23 - Mass in the Tower — 12:07

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