Hilaire Belloc: Edwardian Radical

Intriguing and informative, this biography celebrates one of England's most respected and beloved 20th-century Catholic sons. Based on sound scholarship and thorough research, this study deals with the life; background; intellectual context; political and economic beliefs, particularly those concerning the theory that capitalism and socialism are not two distinct thoughts but rather Siamese twins; and overall work of Hilaire Belloc. Including a particularly useful focus upon his early career and pre-1920 intellectual background and development, this survey depicts one of Distributism's greatest figures, one of the Church's most worthy apologists, and one of the English language's most noteworthy modern talents.

John P. McCarthy is professor emeritus of history and the director of the Institute of Irish Studies at Fordham University. He has contributed essays and reviews for The Chesterton Review, Crisis, The Intercollegiate Review, and Modern Age.