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They Paid the Ultimate PriceIn his sixth God's Generals volume, Roberts Liardon chronicles some of the great martyrs for the faith—and some of the lesser-known ones. Their inspirational testimony, acts of courage, and even seasons of doubt both encourage and point awareness toward the persecuted church of the twenty-first century.The book includes profiles on...• Apostle Paul and Stephen the Faithful (c. 100 AD)• Polycarp of Smyrna, Justin Martyr, and Ignatius of Antioch (c. 100-175 AD)• Perpetua, Blandina, and Irenaeus and Fabian (c. 175-350 AD)• William Tyndale, John Wyclyffe, Patrick Hamilton, and John Hus (c. 1300-1530)• Anne Askew, John Foxe, Hugh Latimer, and Thomas Cranmer (c. 1530-1560)• Martyrs from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries• Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John and Betty Stam, and Jim Elliot (c. 1900-1950)• Wang Zhiming, Gaspar Makil, and Archbishop Oscar Romero (c. 1950-1990)• Martyrs from the twenty-first century, in regions such as the Philippines, Iraq, Libya, and Syria