{"product_id":"the-author-of-the-spanish-brothers","title":"The Author of 'The Spanish Brothers'","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeborah Alcock, Her Life and Works\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by Elizabeth Boyd Bayly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“ONLY remembered by what I have done.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat will never be true of Deborah Alcock. Partly because the unknown cannot be remembered, and year after year her books came out — the first by “D. A.,” the next “By the Author of” the one or more before it, until the wide success of her book 'The Spanish Brothers' stamped its name, without her own, on all she wrote; and for twenty years longer she went on writing stories which left their impress on innumerable lives, while the writer’s identity remained strangely unknown outside the quiet little city in the South of Ireland where her best years were spent. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1890 The Story of Constance was released in a serial, and afterwards published under the title of 'Crushed yet Conquering', “by Deborah Alcock.” In 1891, at the age of fifty-six — a lone woman, deeply bereaved — Miss Alcock came to England, and to her astonishment “found herself famous.” And still her new friends, like the old ones, said, “She is greater than her books — though we loved them so well.” More than by her writings or her gracious acts — by what she was will she be remembered, in life and in eternity, by those whose privilege it was to know her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer work:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Life of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1857)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Seven Churches of Asia, or, The Seven Golden Candlesticks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1860)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSunset in Provence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1864)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Year of Dundee: Tale of the Scottish Reformation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Brothers: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1871)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTales of Martyr Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1872) [reprint of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunset in Provence\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1877)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLessons on Early Church History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1879)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of God. [Part I:] In the Desert: A Story of the Church Under the Cross\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1880)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Czar: A Tale of the Time of The First Napoleon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1882)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Roman Students; or, On the Wings of the Morning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1883)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eArchie's Chances\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1886)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Child's Victory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1889)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eGeneviève; or, the Children of Port Royal. A story of Old France\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1889)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eCrushed yet Conquering: A Story of Constance and Bohemia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1891)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePrisoners of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1894)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBy Far Euphrates; A Tale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1897)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eNo Cross, No Crown: A Tale of the Scottish Reformation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1900)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eUnder the Southern Cross: A Tale of the New World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1900)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDone and Dared in Old France\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1907)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eUnder Calvin's Spell; or, A Tale of the heroic Times in Old Geneva\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1902), republished in France as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGabrielle; histoire d'une fiancée au temps de Calvin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1908)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Romance of Protestantism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1908)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback, 407 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inheritance Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44038359285794,"sku":"10d","price":26.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0003\/0697\/0688\/files\/TheAuthorofTheSpanishBrothers.jpg?v=1754343601","url":"https:\/\/reformedchristianbooks.com\/products\/the-author-of-the-spanish-brothers","provider":"Vanderheide's Reformed Christian Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}