Fire & roses : the burning of the Charlestown convent, 1834 / Nancy Lusignan Schultz.
In the midst of a deadly heat wave during the summer of 1834, a woman clawed her way over the wall of a Roman Catholic convent near Boston, Massachusetts and escaped to the home of a neighbor, pleading for protection. When the bishop, Benedict Fenwick, persuaded her to return, rumors began swirling...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Free Press,
[2000]
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Main Collection
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F74.C4 S35 2000 |
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| Status: | Available Request this item |