Lord Kitchener

by G. K. Chesterton

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Horatio Herbert Kitchener was Irish by birth but English by extraction, being born in County Kerry, the son of an English colonel. The fanciful might see in this first and accidental fact the presence of this simple and practical man amid the more mystical western problems and dreams which were very distant from his mind, an element which clings to all his career and gives it an unconscious poetry. He had many qualities of the epic hero, and especially this -- that he was the last man in the show more world to be the epic poet. There is something almost provocative to superstition in the way in which he show less

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First published in 1917
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England, in 1874. He began his education at St Paul's School, and later went on to study art at the Slade School, and literature at University College in London. Chesterton wrote a great deal of poetry, as well as works of social and literary criticism. Among his most notable books are The Man Who Was show more Thursday, a metaphysical thriller, and The Everlasting Man, a history of humankind's spiritual progress. After Chesterton converted to Catholicism in 1922, he wrote mainly on religious topics. Chesterton is most known for creating the famous priest-detective character Father Brown, who first appeared in "The Innocence of Father Brown." Chesterton died in 1936 at the age of 62. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Lord Kitchener
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Lord Kitchener
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1917
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Biography & Memoir, History, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
355.3310941Society, Government, and CulturePublic administration & military scienceThe Military - Land, Air & Sea / WarfareOrganization and personnel of military forcesOfficers; Military hierarchyCommand in generalBiography; History by PlaceEurope
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DA68.32 .K6 .C6History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaGreat BritainHistory of Great BritainEnglandHistory
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