Francis Chisholm is a compassionate and humble priest whosevocation emerged from a crucible of suffering. His parents were murdered inanti-Catholic riots in Scotland, his guardians mistreat him, and hissweetheart commits suicide. He is sent to China where he establishes aflourishing Catholic mission amid desperate poverty, civil war, plague, andthe hostility of his superiors. Recognized as A.J. Cronin's best novel,The Keys of the Kingdom is a gripping and thoughtful tale of a mancalled to do good in an imperfect world.

The Keys of the Kingdom

Self-Help

A.J. Cronin

Relationships

Little. Brown and Company

A Pocketful Of Rye is a novel of cunning and conscience, life and the struggle to continue living with the sadness of love all but forgotten in the wake of days gone by, written with the imaginative energy and driving force of all of A.J. Cronin's novels.

A Pocketful of Rye

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Little,Brown

Dr. Shannon must overcome many obstacles before he can develop a vaccine to prevent Britain's influenza epidemics

Shannon's Way

Beyond This Place

Classics

Little Brown & Co (Pap)

Hatters Castle was written in 1930 but contains an essential truth which is just as relevant today. Its main theme is the hubris of one man and the tragic path it leads him and members of his family down. James Brodie dominates the book as he did his family and, blind to the physical and mental destruction he causes, the tragedies he generates are inevitable. The book was a huge bestseller on its release and it is not difficult to see why. Not only did it address subjects not often dealt with by literature at the time but it created a cast of characters so vivid that the reader becomes part of the world that Cronin creates. Cronin's books are perhaps not as popular as they were when first published. This may be because of their deceptively simple narrative structure, but great novels give us insights into humanity which are not limited to the time they are written. Hatters Castle is a great novel and the reader is changed by reading it.

Hatter's Castle

Contemporary

New English Library Ltd.

The keys of the kingdom

New English Library

The Spanish Gardener

The Stars Look Down

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