G. K. Chesterton | The Complete Father Brown
- © Wordsworth Editions Limited 1992 and 2006
- With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies.Father Brown, one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton’s kindly cleric in the front rank of eccentric sleuths.This complete collection contains all the favourite Father Brown stories, showing a quiet wit and compassion that has endeared him to many, whilst solving his mysteries by a mixture of imagination and a sympathetic worldliness in a totally believable manner.Stories include:The Blue CrossThe Queer FeetThe Flying StarsThe Invisible ManThe Honour of Israel GowThe Wrong ShapeThe Sins of Prince SaradineThe Hammer of GodThe Eye of ApolloThe Absence of Mr GlassThe Mistake of the MachineThe Perishing of the PendragonsThe Arrow of HeavenThe Curse of the Golden CrossThe Actor and the Alibiand many more…
- • Language: English
• Size: 13 x 20 cm
• Pages: 800
• Paperback
• First edition: 1992
• Year: 2006