God's Traitors: Terror & Faith in Elizabethan England

Jessie Childs explores religious persecution in Elizabethan England through vivid personal stories. Focusing on Catholics accused of treason, she reveals how faith became politicised and criminalised. Childs writes with narrative drive and scholarly precision, making complex history accessible. The book highlights moral ambiguity and the human cost of ideological conflict. It is a compelling and illuminating account of belief under pressure.