The Innocence of Father Brown – Volume 2

Name: The Innocence of Father Brown – Volume 2
Brand: Naxos
Availability: InStock
Author: G. K. Chesterton
ISBN: 9789629548728

Author: G. K. Chesterton

Narrator: David Timson

Unabridged: 4 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 06/01/2010

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Here are the six final stories from The Innocence of Father Brown relating the crime-solving adventures of a rather unconventional detective. Having accumulated wisdom and empathy from years of listening to the dark confessions of his parishioners, Father Brown is able to solve mysteries in a flash that confound all others. Here is an eccentric and loveable character that will appeal to fans of the legendary sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. The stories are engagingly read by David Timson. The Wrong Shape, The Sins of Prince Saradine, The Hammer of God, The Eye of Apollo, The Sign of the Broken Sword and The Three Tools of Death.

About G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography,Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton is well known for his reasoned apologetics, and even those who disagree with him have recognized the universal appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox" Christian and came to identify such a position with Catholicism more and more, eventually converting to Roman Catholicism. George Bernard Shaw, Chesterton's "friendly enemy" according to Time magazine, said of him, "He was a man of colossal genius."

Reviews

Goodreads review by ValeReads

Chesterton's tiresome anti-Calvinist bigotry is out in full force here. All of his Calvinists are hypocrites and are prone to all manner of murder and mayhem as a seemingly natural consequence of their five-pointed-as-a-pentagram theology. Whatever would he do with the legions of Calvinists swelling......more

Goodreads review by Jerry

I have to admit that I didn't like this one quite as much as I did the first volume. The strongest short stories in this collection were "The Wrong Shape," "The Hammer of God," and "The Three Tools of Death." The reveal in "The Eye of Apollo" was interesting, but the overall premise was a bit weak.......more