Summary
The short life and terrible death of Christendom’s most defiant sect.
In February 1534, a radical religious sect, whose disciples were being persecuted throughout Europe, seized the city of Münster in the German-speaking land of Westphalia. They were convinced that they were God’s Elect, specially chosen by the Almighty to be the first to ascend to Paradise on Judgement Day, as told in the Book of Revelation. And it would all happen here, in ‘New Jerusalem’ (as they renamed the city),…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143781325 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143781324 |
| Author: | Paul Ham |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Hamish Hamilton |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 6 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 564g |
| Dimensions: | 37mm x 234mm x 155mm |
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About The Author
Paul Ham
Paul Ham is the author of Hiroshima Nagasaki (2011), Vietnam- The Australian War (2007) and Kokoda (2004). Vietnam won the New South Wales Premier’s Prize for Australian History and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Prize for Non-Fiction (2008). Kokoda was shortlisted for the Walkley Award for Non-Fiction and the New South Wales Premier’s Prize for Non-Fiction. Sandakan- The Untold Story of the Sandakan Death Marches, was published in 2012 and was been shortlisted for the 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for History. His most recent book is 1914- The Year The World Ended. A former Sunday Times correspondent, with a Master’s degree in Economic History from the London School of Economics, Paul now devotes most of his time to writing history. He lives in Paris and Sydney with his family.
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