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Old Thunder, A Life of Hilaire Belloc
Category: Biography
Author: Joseph Pierce
Copyright/published Year: 2002 by Ignatius Press
ISBN: 0898709423
Binding: Hardcover
Hilaire Belloc is one of the most important, revered and reviled
writers of the twentieth century. A social commentator, a master
of finely crafted prose and a poet of great wit, he continues to
fascinate. Joseph Pearce examines the lasting impact of this
prolific writer and social commentator on British intellectual
life.
>p>As President of the Oxford Union, he immersed himself in
historical studies and championed Catholicism. Later, as a
Liberal MP, he became disillusioned with party politics,
expressing his sentiments about both socialism and capitalism in
his novels and pamphlets. Considered one of the most important
Christian writers of the twentieth century, admired for his
understanding of modern England and in the company of men like
Sassoon, G.K. Chesterton and Waugh, Belloc's fascinating
character is wonderfully brought to light in all his
whimsicality. Opening up the personality for the reader is the
story of his long courtship of Elodie Hogan from Napa, California
that overcame all sorts of hurdles, including her brief stint in
a convent, and his desolation after her death.
With access to previously unpublished material in the form of
Belloc's letters and photographs, Joseph Pearce's major new
biography uncovers a romantic, complex, and solitary character.
Illustrated.
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