| Author: | Karl Schmude | ISBN: | 9781784694920 |
| Publisher: | Catholic Truth Society | Publication: | August 21, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Catholic Truth Society | Language: | English |
| Author: | Karl Schmude |
| ISBN: | 9781784694920 |
| Publisher: | Catholic Truth Society |
| Publication: | August 21, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Catholic Truth Society |
| Language: | English |
History has been less kind to Belloc than to his great friend and collaborator Chesterton. Yet for several decades at the turn of the twentieth century, he was considered one of the great literary figures of the age. President of the Oxford Union as a student and later on a Member of Parliament, it was Belloc's vigorous desire to defend Christendom against the attacks of socialism, capitalism and secularism that inspired much of his writing.
History has been less kind to Belloc than to his great friend and collaborator Chesterton. Yet for several decades at the turn of the twentieth century, he was considered one of the great literary figures of the age. President of the Oxford Union as a student and later on a Member of Parliament, it was Belloc's vigorous desire to defend Christendom against the attacks of socialism, capitalism and secularism that inspired much of his writing.
