While he would have preferred the simple, quiet life of the monastery- teaching, reading, thinking, and writing about God - Anselm of Canterbury spent much of his life dealing with powerful kings, consulting with popes, and serving reluctantly as archbishop of Canterbury. Through Anselm's story, Simonetta Carr teacher what life was like in medieval Western Europe. Young readers will learn of th…
Outside of the people in the Bible, Augustine of Hippo is the most influential person in church history. Yet how many people know his story? In this book, Simonetta Carr Introduces young readers to the life and ministry of Augustine. Readers will come to know Augustine's personal struggles and the high value he came to place on the Bible and truth. Readers will also see the difficult days in wh…
Anthony Trollope, author of more than fifty books, including Barchester Towers, The Warden, and The Last Chronicle of Barset, was one of the most prolific and brilliant novelists of the Victorian Era. James Pope-Hennessy, biographer of Queen Mary - and the grandson of an Irish member of Parliament widely believed to have been the prototype fot he hero of Trollope's novel Phineas Finn - has writ…