Hugh Ross Williamson
Hugh Ross Williamson was a prolific British popular historian, and a dramatist. Starting from a career in the literary world, and having a Nonconformist background, he became an Anglican priest in 1943.
In 1955 he converted to Roman Catholicism and wrote many historical works in a Catholic apologist tone. In 1956, he published his autobiography, The Walled Garden. Ross Williamson was critical of the reforms introduced by the Second Vatican Council.
Works
The poetry of T. S. Eliot ' Rose and glove: a play After the event: a play in one act King James I Gods and mortals in love The seven deadly virtues; In a glass darkly; Various heavens: a play sequence. Cinderella's grandchild: a play in one act Mr Gladstone: a play in three acts Stories from history: ten plays for schools
George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham: study for a biography A.D. 33: a tract for the times Captain Thomas Schofield Paul, a bond slave: a radio play ' The arrow and the sword: an essay in detection Queen Elizabeth: a play in three acts The story without an end Were you there... ?: six meditations for Holy Week A wicked pack of cards The silver bowl The seven Christian virtues ' The evidence for the Gunpowder Plot The Gunpowder Plot Sir Walter Raleigh Conversation with a ghost Jeremy Taylor The story without an end The ancient capital: an historian in search Of Winchester Canterbury Cathedral The children's book of British saints His eminence of England: a play in two acts The children's book of French saints The children's book of Italian saints ' James: by the grace of God ' ' ' ' ' The day they killed the king ' The Children's Book of German Saints The Sisters The Children's Book of Patron Saints ' Young People's book of the Saints Teresa of Avila ' The flowering hawthorn Guy Fawkes ' ' ' ' Paris is worth a mass ' ' Catherine de' Medici *French: ' ' ' ''The princess a nun!: a novel without fiction''