“shane leslie”

The author attempts to dispel the inaccuracies and fallacies surrounding the life of this King, who was considered by many previous authors to be a "bad King." Whatever his private faults and public mistakes, George IV never possessed the Satanic genius to be a consistent rogue and reveler, nor did ... More

This is a Catholic anthology, but within certain limits of a term, which might mean embracing different lands and languages. This collection wanders through a thousand years of English letters, but it returns to the meridian of Rome. The English authors selected all died in communion with the Holy S... More

This book must appear as a supplement rather than a supplanter to Purcell's grandiose Life of Cardinal Manning. Cardinal Manning was ordained in the Church of England in 1832 and became Roman Catholic in 1851. He was the founder and superior of the Oblates of St. Charles, London from 1857-1865, beco... More

SALUTATION TO FIVE SALUTATION TO FIVE by SHANE LESLIE Biography Index Reprint Series BOOKS FOR LIBRARIES PRESS FREEPORT, NEW YORK CONTENTS RETROSPECT .. .. .. .. i I. MRS. FITZHERBERT . . . . . . z6 n. EDMOND WARRE . . . . . . 42 m. SIR WILLIAM BUTLER . . . . . . 66 IV. LEO TOLSTOY . . . . . . . . 9... More

In this, his most famous book, Mr. Shane Leslie has preserved for future generations the essence of the pre-war epoch, its institutions and individuals. He writes of Eton, of the Empire, of Post-Victorianism, of the Politicians... And whatever he touches upon, he brilliantly interprets.... More