Essays of a Catholic

With a brand new foreword written by the author of Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc, Joseph Pearce, The Cenacle Press is pleased to present this republication of the essays of the renowned author, Hilaire Belloc. While many Catholics the world over have heard of the great Catholic literary lights of the last century, the great mythical creature of the "Chesterbelloc" stands out among the rest for wit, wisdom, and an unwearied defense of the Catholic Faith. However, while Chesterton has remained widely read and well-known, much less known is his dear friend, Hilaire Belloc. While Belloc was known in the early part of his life as a polemicist and, the present volume, published later in his writing career, shows Belloc at his finest as an essayist and apologist for the Catholic Faith. Despite being written in the 1930s, the essays contained in this volume are no less pertinent today than they were when they were written. A brief glance at the table of contents is enough to see how Belloc's genius is on full display as he tackles issues from a vast array of subjects. His words are indeed a salutary antidote to the unreality that invades our lives.