Two Lives: Edmund Campion and Ronald Knox (Continuum Compacts) [Paperback]

Evelyn Waugh (Author)

Book Description

Series: Continuum Compacts | Publication Date: May 30, 2005

Waugh wrote biographies of two very different English Roman Catholics: Edmund Campion (1540-1581) - a Jesuit priest executed for treason - and Ronald Knox (1888-1957), regarded as the most distinguished Anglican clerical to convert to Catholicism since Newman. Both books are indispensable to aficionados of Evelyn Waugh's highly polished prose and penetrating intelligence. This reissue will introduce these two Waugh classics to a new generation of readers.>

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"'Done with the verve and dramatic fervor of the born storyteller' The New York Times review of Edmund Campion 1936; 'splendid...prose of classic distinction...' The New York Times review of Ronald Knox 1960"

About the Author

Evelyn Waugh was the author of many well-loved and bestselling novels, including Brideshead Revisited, Scoop, and the Sword of Honour trilogy. >

Product Details

• Paperback: 424 pages
• Publisher: Continuum (May 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826476333
• ISBN-13: 978-0826476333
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,553,175 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A different Waugh, July 11, 2006

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This review is from: Two Lives: Edmund Campion and Ronald Knox (Continuum Compacts) (Paperback)

In this book we find a different Waugh, without his acustomed piercing humour. Two biographies, one of a saint and martyr an the other of a converted priest and scholar. It's very practical finding both works together in a single volume. Campion'life is a masterpiece of hagiography. In this kind of work it's common the lacking of literary excellence. Here we have a deep investigation offered to us in the best style. The life of Ronnie Knox -in spite of some observations we can find in Christopher Syke's biography of Waugh, very interesting in fact- we can living with him, and we cannot not loving him. We are obliged to think a lot about our own spiritual life and about the problems of catholic culture in last cantury.