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This discussion of the work of Ian McEwan places it in the context of British literature’s particular dynamism at the end of the 20th century. It also examines McEwan’s relationship…

The filthy back streets of London’s East End in the Victorian era were home to every imaginable crime, vice and horror. Many thousands lived there without Christ and without hope…

Charles Haddon Spurgeon Revisited: A Dramatic Biography gives a private and exciting insight into the Prince of Preachers’ life. While some Spurgeon biographies of similar scope are just factual, this…

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