The Martyrdom of Man, The Outcast, and The Veil Of Isis; or, Mysteries of the Druids

Description: "In each generation the human race has been tortured that their children might profit by their woes. Our own prosperity is founded on the agonies of the past." The Matyrdom of Man (1872) was one of the most controversial books of its day, slated by critics yet becoming a bestseller for a Victorian audience as much enthralled by its triumphant depiction of the power of human progress as they were shocked by its rejection of Christianity as an essential part of civilisation. An eloquent whirlwind tour of the entirety of human history, its author William Winwood Reade (1838-1875), failed novelist and would-be explorer, in ... (more)

Manufacturer: Benediction Classics
Release date: 1 August 2015
ISBN-10 : 1781395187 | ISBN-13: 9781781395189

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