{"product_id":"the-burning-time-9781447241089","title":"The Burning Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmithfield, settled on the fringes of Roman London, was once a place of revelry. Jesters and crowds flocked for the medieval St Bartholomew's Day celebrations, tournaments were plentiful and it became the location of London's most famous meat market. Yet in Tudor England, Smithfield had another, more sinister use: the public execution of heretics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning the reigns of British history's most remarkable dynasty, \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid insight into an era in which what was orthodoxy one year might be dangerous heresy the next.  The first martyrs were Catholics, who cleaved to Rome in defiance of Henry VIII's break with the papacy.  But with the accession of Henry's daughter Mary - soon to be nicknamed 'Bloody Mary' - the charge of heresy was levelled against devout Protestants, who chose to burn rather than recant.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the centre of Virginia Rounding's vivid account of this extraordinary period are two very different characte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGruesomely entertaining * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eDeeply researched and fascinating * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eSerious, well-researched and well-written * Catholic Herald *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408475726167,"sku":"9781447241089","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781447241089.jpg?v=1730503038","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-burning-time-9781447241089","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}