The Outlaws of Ravenhurst

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The Outlaws of Ravenhurst is a fascinating story of a Charles Gordon, young heir of Ravenhurst. Born in Scotland during a time of fierce persecution of the Catholic Faith, his uncle Stephen, a Catholic priest, smuggles him to Maryland, Virgina when he is just an infant. There he grows up with the large Shannon family and his "twin" Joel. Daddy Shannon, a staunch Catholic, teaches him many valuable things. "There is nothing worth buying, not fast horses nor fine houses, not even a place in the King’s court, if the price you pay for it is the fire of Hell for evermore," he tells his young adopted son whom he loves as his own. When his Uncle, Sir Roger, arrives in Maryland unexpectedly from Scotland, demanding the heir of Ravenhurst to be returned to his true homeland, Gordon's Faith is tested as it never was before. Will he remain true to Daddy Shannon's teachings and his own good mother, or will his Uncle and his evil men, by first flattery, then violence, manage to make Gordon abandon his Faith? This is a thrilling book for Catholics old and young, and it will truly inspire its readers with a fresh zeal for the Catholic Faith.

First Sentence

Night lady on the long swelling waves of the Chesapeake; no wind, no star, a murky darkness.

Description

This is the 1923 edition of The Outlaws of Ravenhurst, the later version having some slight changes in words and dialogue, as well as plot. In this book, Catholics are sometimes referred to as Papists. This term was originally invented to mock those loyal to the Pope, but soon the Catholics adopted it as a term of esteem.

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