A. N. Wilson

PENGUIN BOOKS GENTLEMEN IN ENGLAND A. N. Wilson was born in Staffordshire and grew up in Wales. The Sweets of Pimlico was his first növel and was awarded the John Llewelyn Rhys Memóriái Prize for 1978. He has written six other novels: UnguardecLHours; Kindly Light; The Healing Art (Penguin,...

PREFACEThe Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith are two separate beings, with very different stories. It is difficult enough to reconstruct the first, and in the attempt we are likely to do irreparable harm to the second.Jesus, or Joshua, which is the same name, means 'saviour'. It is the...

PREFACE The Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith are two separate beings, with very different stories. It is difficult enough to reconstruct the first, and in the attempt we are Hkely to do irreparable harm to the second. Jesus, or Joshua, which is the same name, means 'saviour'. It is the...

A gerinc sarka enyhén sérült, a fedlap élei kissé kopottak. `A sinister farce in which Mr Wilson stage-manages the opening and shutting of doors and traps, the falling of trousers and divestment of other garments with ease' — The Times When Bernadette Woolley entertains every week the man...

Preface The Victorians are still with us. This is not a whimsical statement, intended to suggest that the shades of the Prince Consort or Elizabeth Barrett Browning or Dan Leno are still to be discovered floating in the night air if we empathize sufficiently with their memory or purpose. Rather,...