The French convert : being a true relation of the happy conversion of a noble French lady, from the errors and superstitions of popery to the reformed religion, by means of a Protestant gardener, her servant : Wherein are shewn her great and unparalleled sufferings, on account of her said conversion; as also her wonderful deliverance from two assassins, hired by a popish priest to murder her; and of her miraculous preservation in a wood two years; and how she was at last providentially found by her husband, who, together with her parents, were brought to the embracing of the true religion as were divers others also : To which is added, a brief account of the present severe persecutions of the French Protestants
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Title: The French convert : being a true relation of the happy conversion of a noble French lady, from the errors and superstitions of popery to the reformed religion, by means of a Protestant gardener, her servant : Wherein are shewn her great and unparalleled sufferings, on account of her said conversion; as also her wonderful deliverance from two assassins, hired by a popish priest to murder her; and of her miraculous preservation in a wood two years; and how she was at last providentially found by her husband, who, together with her parents, were brought to the embracing of the true religion as were divers others also : To which is added, a brief account of the present severe persecutions of the French Protestants
Classmark: YAS 0702
Creator(s): MacGowan, John (1726-1780)
Related people: Macgowan, John
Language: English
Size and medium: 72 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/498636
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010588079705181
Collection group(s): Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
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Attributed to John Macgowan.
Additional description
Bound with 7 other publications in volume with spine title: 'Pamphlets. [Yo]rk Guide. Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect. Etc.'. Volume contents: 1. Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect. 1816. -- 2. The Corsair. 1801. -- 3. The French convert. 1812. -- 4. A political litany. [18--]. -- 5. The York Guide. [after 1802]. -- 6. French Philosophy. 1798. -- 7. Letters on the French Nation. 1749. -- 8. [The stage coach]. [17--]. Item no.5: with a pencil drawing of a house on page 68. Item no.7: Imperfect: wanting pages 1-10. Inscribed on title page: 'Christ.r Gilson'. Item no.8: Imperfect: wanting title page, a leaf before the beginning of The stage coach, and pages 13-14
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