The Siege: A Novel

by Peter Vansittart

The dramatic background of Peter Vansittart's powerful new novel, The Siege, is one of the strangest episodes in the tumultuous history of the Reformation. In 1534, Anabaptists, a radical religious sect which believed in the abolition of money and the establishment of communal property and marriage, seized control of the city of Münster. The brief kingdom of the Anabaptists--a dizzying amalgam of folly and idealism, of courage, cruelty and love--and its eventual bloody suppression are described by Vansittart in one of the most memorable historical novels to appear in the past decade

410 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1962

About the author

Peter Vansittart was a master of the historical novel and a writer of outstanding talent. He wrote more than 40 books, which also encompassed anthologies, works on literature and social history.