Naomi Royde Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3652961 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Naomi Royde Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Naomi Royde |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH N R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1945 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Fiction and the Age of Faith
At Intervals during the past hundred years the historical novel has turned away from the court and the camp to occupy itself with religion, often with enormous popular success. Between Hypatia and II Santo two of the best sellers of their day were Quo Vadis? and John Inglesant. They are still to be found on bookshelves from which those other historical novels, Barabbas and The Sorrows of Satan, have been cast out. Religion in itself; the religiou…
Fruit of Adversity
Last year the 24th of August fell on a Sunday. A plaintive convert coming away from High Mass that morning was heard to wonder whether the Church commemorated any saint on November 5th. He was told that in the English Calendar the day, occurring in the octave of All Saints, is appointed for the honouring of such relics as any parish church might possess: elsewhere it is sometimes observed as the Feast of the seventh-century Abbess of Chelles and …
The Secrets of Wardour
Wardour Old Castle was built in 1392 by John fifth Lord Lovell of Tichmarsh. During the Wars of the Roses it changed hands several times and, in 1499, was sold to Lord Willoughby de Broke whose grand-daughter re-sold it to a Cornish knight, Sir John Arundell of Lanheme. The family', wrote John Francis, 12th Baron Arundell of Wardour in 1906, 'has never ceased to be Catholic since mediaeval times', and in 1552 Sir Thomas Arundell was executed beca…
Maurice Baring
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A Free House
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A Free House
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Maurice Baring
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The Secrets of Wardour
Wardour Old Castle was built in 1392 by John fifth Lord Lovell of Tichmarsh. During the Wars of the Roses it changed hands several times and, in 1499, was sold to Lord Willoughby de Broke whose grand-daughter re-sold it to a Cornish knight, Sir John Arundell of Lanheme. The family', wrote John Francis, 12th Baron Arundell of Wardour in 1906, 'has never ceased to be Catholic since mediaeval times', and in 1552 Sir Thomas Arundell was executed beca…
Fruit of Adversity
Last year the 24th of August fell on a Sunday. A plaintive convert coming away from High Mass that morning was heard to wonder whether the Church commemorated any saint on November 5th. He was told that in the English Calendar the day, occurring in the octave of All Saints, is appointed for the honouring of such relics as any parish church might possess: elsewhere it is sometimes observed as the Feast of the seventh-century Abbess of Chelles and …
Fiction and the Age of Faith
At Intervals during the past hundred years the historical novel has turned away from the court and the camp to occupy itself with religion, often with enormous popular success. Between Hypatia and II Santo two of the best sellers of their day were Quo Vadis? and John Inglesant. They are still to be found on bookshelves from which those other historical novels, Barabbas and The Sorrows of Satan, have been cast out. Religion in itself; the religiou…
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