To the Last Drop of Our Blood

To the Last Drop of Our Blood
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Publisher : TEACH Services, Inc.
Total Pages : 184
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ISBN-10 : 9781572587090
ISBN-13 : 1572587091
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Book Synopsis To the Last Drop of Our Blood by : Ann Burke

Download or read book To the Last Drop of Our Blood written by Ann Burke and published by TEACH Services, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-04-11 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a balmy evening in late summer, a thickly wooded area near the shore of Lake Geneva is filling up with men. By the time the moon is high, the woods rustle with the quiet movements of some nine hundred, all armed. Pastor Arnaud addresses the blended group of Waldensian and Huguenot volunteers. If anyone is afraid of the rack and the gallows, he tells them, they should turn back. If they wish to go on, they should swear to fight faithfully to the death... Arnaud and the nine-hundred kneel and pray at the lake's edge. A low voice and the sound of water lapping fill the night. There are muted amen's, a shuffle, footsteps, and the swish of fifteen little boats pushing off from land. In To the Last Drop of Our Blood, Ann Burke sketches excerpts from the story of the Waldenses, a religious minority who for generations lived under the looming shadow of religion in power. This re-telling may very well bring to mind a number of questions: * Where freedom of faith is concerned, does it matter how right the majority is? * How important is a minority? * Is it better, as someone has said, for one man to die than for a whole nation to perish? The answers we give will largely determine our future.


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