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004775-00 THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE by G. K. Chesterton. Not a novel, but an epic poem about King Alfred's heroic battle against the Danes in 878 A.D. and an allegory about the war between Christianity and nihilistic paganism throughout the centuries. Hardcover. This is in the fiction section only for lack of a better place to put it. It is also listed in history.
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004928-00 THE POPE'S ARMY: 500 YEARS OF THE PAPAL SWISS GUARD by Robert Royal With the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the world again witnessed the pomp and honor of the Swiss Guard, the Pope's Army. Bestselling author and Crisis columnist Robert Royal recounts the colorful history of the military guard that has witnessed every major Vatican event for half a millennium. Due April, 2006
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004928-04 THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC VOTER, 200 years of Political Impact by George J. Marlin. This is a book for political aficionados which explores the strange history of the Catholic voter in the U.S. Hardcover.
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004928-05 PATRIOTIC LEADERS OF THE CHURCH by John F. Fink From the forward - "American Catholics often are not aware of the patriotism which many of the leaders of their Church have displayed throughout history. It can be no accident that the greatest leaders of the Catholic Church in America have also been among its greatest patriots." *
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004928-50 CATHOLIC TEXANS Our Family Album by Steve Landregan. For anyone with a special interest in Texas history, you will be surprised at the Catholics involved in the beginnings and devolepment of Texas Many fine color drawings and photos (esp. in latter years). Hardcover.
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004929-00 TRIUMPH - The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church. A 2000-Year History by H. W. Crocker III. Undoubtedly one of the most inspiring, exciting and interesting church histories you'll ever read. Makes you proud to be Catholic! Paper.
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004930-00 A HISTORY OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND by William Cobbett. Written in the 1820s, this is an education in the events of a much-misrepresented era. Paper.
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004940-00 SWORDS AROUND THE CROSS - THE NINE YEARS WAR --Ireland's Defense of Faith and Fatherland 1594-1603 by Timothy T. O'Donnell. The President of Christendom College writes this exciting history of Ireland's battle against the England of Queen Elizabeth I. Paper.
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004950-00 A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH by Rev. Jose Orlandis. A simple history which covers the principal features of Christian history through the early 1980s. Paper.
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004960-00 BLOOD-DRENCHED ALTARS by Bishop Francis Clement Kelley. A commentary on the history of Mexico from 1521 to the 1920s. Paper.
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004980-00 CHURCH HISTORY by Fr. John J. Laux. An excellent book of Church history up to 1940. 659 pages, Paper.
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004990-00 THOSE TERRIBLE MIDDLE AGES by Regine Pernound. Discover what really happened during those thousand years and why the middle ages were wonderful years for Christendom. Paper.
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005000-00 MEXICAN MARTYRDOM by Wilfrid Parsons, S.J. On the persecution of the Church in Mexico in the 1920's. Paper.
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005015-00 PONTIFFS, Popes Who Shaped History by John Jay Hughes. Very readable accounts of eleven popes whose reigns shaped the course of history. Paper.
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005019-00 THE CRUSADERS by Regine Pernoud. Here is a living picture of the grand adventure of the crusades. You will have a better understanding of the spirit of the people, the trials and ordeals undergone by those who yearned to free the Holy Land. Paper.
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005019-01 WHAT WERE THE CRUSADES?, 3rd ed., by Jonathan Riley-Smith. A brief but thorough and objective study of the subject based on the latest research. Paper.
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005020-00 THE CRUSADES by Hilaire Belloc. A history of the Crusades, their failures and their successes, and their consequences. Paper.
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005031-00 THE GUILLOTINE AND THE CROSS by Warren H. Carroll. On the French Revolution and the saintliness of its martyrs. Paper.
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005032-00 1917: RED BANNERS, WHITE MANTLE by Warren H. Carroll. A dramatic account of the year of the revolution in Russia and the apparitions at Fatima. Paper.
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005040-00 2000 YEARS OF CHRISTIANITY by Gloria Thomas and Warren H. Carroll. Paper. This unique book contains 21 fold-out prints by sacred artist Gloria Thomas respresenting the life of Christ and the 20 centuries following. They are accompanied by brief historical texts by Dr. Carroll. *
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