Hardback. Very Good. ISBN 0826493831 9780826493835 [GB]

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., Date: 2007. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9780826493835 2007. Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. ISBN 0826493831 9780826493835 [GB]

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ISBN10: 0826493831, ISBN13: 9780826493835, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, London] Softcover In the popular imagination John Newton (1725-1807) is best known as the author of the celebrated hymn "Amazing Grace". But he also had one of the most colourful and influential lives in the religion and politics of the 18th century. In his youth he was a slave trader and a slave ship captain. His early adventures included being flogged as a deserter from the Royal Navy and imprisoned as a white slave to an African slave master. During a storm at sea he was converted and became an ordained clergyman. The two closest friendships of his life were with William Cowper the poet and William Wilberforce the abolitionist MP. With Cowper, he wrote many hymns including "Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken", "How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds" and "Amazing Grace". Newton became and remains a hero of the Evangelical revival. He was a formative influence on Charles Simeon and on William Wilberforce with whom he campaigned vigorously for the abolition of slavery. His influence was very wide indeed. Jonathan Aitken has had access to a great wealth of new unpublished material, notably Newton's diaries and the correspondence between Wilberforce and Newton. Aitken has already demonstrated his skill as a biographer with his books on Nixon and Colson but here, at last, he has found a subject in which his interests in history, ...

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd 2007 REV ed. Hard cover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN: 9780826493835.

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Continuum. First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by the Author. Fine condition.Continuum,2007.First UK edition-first printing.The book is Signed by the Author with Best wishes on the front endpaper.Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of small nicks,crease and scratch on the Dj cover),both in fine condition.Illustrated with b/w photos,drawings.Nice and clean pages with a small nick on the edges of the pages,light shelf wear on the Dj cover.323pp including Foreword by Philip Yancey,source notes,bibliography,index.A collectable first edition. Continuum ISBN 0826493831 9780826493835 [GB]