Joseph Pearce J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings took first place in a recent nationwide British poll to find the greatest book of the century. He may be the most popular writer of our age, …

Described by his critics as "naive", by his wife as the "jolly journalist" and by Dorothy L Sayers as a "beneficent bomb", Chesterton is one of the most enigmatic figures of the early twentieth …

Vilified by fellow Victorians for his sexuality and his dandyism, Oscar Wilde, the great poet, satirist and playwright, is hailed today, in some circles, as a "progressive" sexual liberator. But …

Literary Giants, Literary Catholics by Joseph Pearce British author Joseph Pearce has firmly established himself as the premier literary biographer of our time, especially in interpreting the …

There are many Protestants and Catholics who have been deeply affected and spirituality changed by the writings of C.S. Lewis, including many converts to Catholicism who credit C.S. Lewis for …

Joseph Pearce The twentieth century has been marked by both belief and unbelief.  While church attendance has declined, the lives of many of the more salient figures of our times have been …