AN ESSAY ON THE NATURE OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLAND
London: Constable & Co., 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth. ix, 80p. Edges of spine and cover show light signs of shelf wear. Some fading on back cover. Otherwise a clean and tight book in very good condition. Item #132217
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 1870[1] – 16 July 1953) was an Anglo-French writer and historian. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, sailor, satirist, man of letters, soldier and political activist. His Catholic faith had a strong impact on his works. He was President of the Oxford Union and later MP for Salford from 1906 to 1910. He was a noted disputant, with a number of long-running feuds, but also widely regarded as a humane and sympathetic man. Belloc became a naturalised British subject in 1902, while retaining his French citizenship.
This short work is Belloc's attempt to characterize modern England in terms of three great markers: aristocracy, protestantism, and commerce.
Price: $40.00