Sword of Peace
Bauman, Louisa M
What is the secret of the hidden meetings, which must be held in the woods at night?Anna, a spinster at twenty, has lost her family in Germany to persecution. She moved to Amsterdam to escape the violence of the Reformation, but now in November 1531, Charles V is on a quest to rid his empire of this 'nest of heretics' in the Netherlands. Citizens must report disloyal activity or suffer the same fate as the traitors.Anna can hardly betray sweet...