(print) x, 400 p. ; 24 cm

Preface -- Introduction: the Church of the Fathers and Victorian religious controversy. p.1 -- 1. Egyptians, Druids, gladiators, and Epicureans: historical novels on early Christian times. p.30 -- 2. "New foes with an old face": the historical novels of Charles Kingsley, Nicholas Wiseman, and John Henry Newman. p.82 -- 3. "Anglicanism in the catacombs": Anglo-Catholic authors of Early Church novels. p.142 -- 4. "What the Apostles saw": Evangelical and Broad Church novels. p.250 -- App. A: Collections of saints' lives. p.305 -- App. B: The Jerusalem bishopric. p.306 -- App. C: The Gorham case and baptismal regeneration. p.308 -- Abbreviations. p.310 -- Notes. p.313 -- Bibliography. p.357 -- Index. p.369