| Edition |
[Book club edition] |
| Phys Descr |
vi, 783 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
The story of the Quakers starts in Europe: Lancacashire, England, in the summer of 1652 when two horsemen blundered into the quicksands of Morecambe Bay. One of the horsemen was George Fox. The accident was see by Margaret Fell, owner of Swarthmoor Hall. From this meeting grew the Religious Society of Friends, and out of the Quaker history, Jan de Hartog has created this epic novel |
| Contents |
v. 1 Part one, The children of light; Part two, The holy experiment-- volume 2 Part one, The peculiar people; Part two, The lambs war |
| Subject |
Fox, George, 1624-1691 -- Fiction
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Fell, Margaret, 1614-1702 -- Fiction
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Society of Friends -- Fiction
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| Other Form |
Online version: De Hartog, Jan, 1914-2002. Peaceable kingdom. New York, Atheneum, [©1971]- (OCoLC)812192739 |
| OCLC # |
7531902 |
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