![]() Lord of the World is set in the twenty-first century by which time the world has been divided into three blocks, Europe, America which had annexed Canada, and East Asia which includes Australasia. ![]() Alongside his ministry, Benson had a prolific output as a writer of historical, horror, science fiction and children’s stories as well as theological works. ![]() Benson already tended towards the High Church tradition and in 1903 caused a sensation in Church of England circles by not only converting to Roman Catholicism but also being ordained a Roman Catholic priest. Robert Hugh Benson, the author of Lord of the World, published the year before Jack London’s The Iron Heel reviewed by Alice, was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1883 to 1886 and was himself ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1895. ![]() I usually end up choosing novels that were published in the interwar period which reflects my interest in the history of this period, so I decided to try one from an earlier period and by an author I’d never heard of. My first choice was Swastika Night but I couldn’t get hold of a reasonably-priced copy so I’m glad Kathryn has reviewed it. I wonder if that is a reflection of the strange and troublesome times we are living through. ![]() Book Review by Sylvia D: It’s striking that all the reviews that have been posted so far have been of dystopian novels. ![]()
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