The Queen's Tragedy Willa Cather before which unfolds a frank

before which unfolds a frank portrayal of the human experience in all its baseness and beauty

and everywhere her gracious ordering manifests itself

a renowned poet and mystic

a place of familiarity and miracle alike

The Queen's Tragedy Willa Cather before which unfolds a frankBy Robert Hugh Benson Queen Mary I is determined to undo the destruction wrought by her father, King Henry VIII: the despoilment of the Roman Catholic Church in England, the divisions sewn amongst the English people, the desertion from Papal authority for supreme independence. Her reign, Mary avers, will see the right order restored. Only then will peace and unity again be found in England. Peace and unity: beautiful ends so often sought by brutal