Combining the story of Nauvoo's history and doctrinal development taking place during the tempestuous 1840s, Elder B.H. Roberts writes this classic volume. One of the most complete historical accounts of the Nauvoo period - a critical era in Church development - this book reviews the transformation of the Illinois bogs into the city of Nauvoo "the Beautiful," the petitions for redress to the federal government for losses back in Missouri, the introduction of plural marriage, the events surrounding the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum and the following transition of Church leadership to the Twelve Apostles, and much more.