tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post3900135682889107758..comments2024-01-09T15:49:37.273-05:00Comments on THE TENTH CRUSADE: Another Gem out of GermanyTTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-36219515868137621532014-03-12T11:34:16.018-04:002014-03-12T11:34:16.018-04:00Reading all this material reminds me of the book: ...Reading all this material reminds me of the book: LORD OF THE WORLD:<br /><br />"Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson, for one.<br /><br />If you’re drawing a blank on this name, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was one of the most popular preachers and literary authors of turn-of-the-century England. He was also son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, which made his 1903 conversion to Roman Catholicism, and subsequent ordination, a cause célèbre that rivaled that of Newman.<br /><br />Benson is best known for his historical fiction–his most famous work being Come Rack! Come Rope! (1912), his stirring account of the Protestant revolt in 16th-century England–as well as for his dystopic fantasy, Lord of the World (1907).<br /><br />In Lord of the World Benson imagines the rise of a socialist, humanist one-world government that suppresses religious expression. Esperanto is the official language. Euthanasia is the customary antidote for extreme suffering. A culture of death parades itself as a culture of life."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com