The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe Volume 1

by John Foxe

A New and Complete Edition. With a preliminary dissertation by the Rev. George Townsend. Edited be the Rev. Stephen Reed Cattley. This book, "The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe Volume 1", by J. Foxe, is a replication of a book originally published before 1861. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

978 pages, Paperback

Published March 20, 2014

About the author

John Foxe was born at Boston, in Lincolnshire, in 1516, and died April 8, 1587. He is most famous for is publication of “Foxe’s Acts and Monuments of the Christian Church” more commonly known as “Foxe’s Book of Martyrs”.

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