The Bible In Spain Or, The Journeys, Adventures, And Imprisonments Of An Englishman, In An Attempt To Circulate The Scriptures In The Peninsula
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Alpha Editions
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
18.03.2021
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
358
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/2,1 cm
Gewicht
581 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5450-013-8
Follow George Henry Borrow into a Spain of bandits, border posts, and uneasy faith. A single man with a stack of Scriptures, moving through the Iberian Peninsula on a scripture distribution mission that tests nerve as much as conviction. Spain is no easy road. Part religious travel memoir, part historical travel narrative, The Bible in Spain stands as a public domain adventure classic and a sharp witness to nineteenth-century Spain seen at ground level: inns and roads, marketplaces and magistrates, pride and poverty. Borrow writes with the snap of Victorian travel writing and the alert eye of a linguist, recording the friction between official Catholic Spain and the small, determined world of protestant missions in Spain. At its heart lies a religious imprisonment account and a vivid strand of Christian missionary history, making it irresistible to European travel literature fans as well as readers drawn to faith, dissent, and the costs of speaking openly. The result is both a traveller's notebook and a moral contest, paced like a novel. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Whether you come for the drama of Iberian peninsula journeys or to complete a shelf of enduring classics, this is a landmark of travel writing and religious history, prized by those who seek the richness of an annotated unabridged edition without losing the sweep of the original.
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