Ian Ker has taught both English literature and theology in universities in the United States and Britain, where he currently teaches in the theology faculty. He is the author and editor of more than twenty books on Newman, including John Henry Newman: A Biography (1988), as well as the author of The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961 (2003).

Ian Kers magisterial new biographical of Chesterton will now do for Chesterton what his definitive biography of Newman did for hima major literary achievement. Nobody who has any interest in Chesterton can afford to be without Ian Kers book.

• 1. The Early Years ; 2. Publishing and Engagement ; 3. Marriage and Fame ; 4. Controversy ; 5. Dickens ; 6. Orthodoxy ; 7. Shaw and Beaconsfield ; 8. Father Brown and the Marconi Scandal ; 9. The Victorian Compromise and Illness ; 10. War and Travel ; 11. America and Conversation ; 12. The Everlasting Man ; 13. Distributism and Apologetics ; 14. Rome and America Again ; 15. The Last Years

Ian Ker has taught both English literature and theology in universities in the United States and Britain, where he currently teaches in the theology faculty. He is the author and editor of more than twenty books on Newman, including John Henry Newman: A Biography (1988), as well as the author of The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961 (2003).

Ian Kers magisterial new biographical of Chesterton will now do for Chesterton what his definitive biography of Newman did for hima major literary achievement. Nobody who has any interest in Chesterton can afford to be without Ian Kers book.

• 1. The Early Years ; 2. Publishing and Engagement ; 3. Marriage and Fame ; 4. Controversy ; 5. Dickens ; 6. Orthodoxy ; 7. Shaw and Beaconsfield ; 8. Father Brown and the Marconi Scandal ; 9. The Victorian Compromise and Illness ; 10. War and Travel ; 11. America and Conversation ; 12. The Everlasting Man ; 13. Distributism and Apologetics ; 14. Rome and America Again ; 15. The Last Years