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Hilaire Belloc


Born
in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Seine-et-Oise, French Empire
July 27, 1870

Died
July 16, 1953

Genre
Poetry, History, Religion

Influences
G.K. Chesterton ...more


Hilaire Belloc was a French-British writer, historian, poet, and orator, known for his sharp wit, extensive literary output, and strong political and religious convictions. Born in France to a French father and an English mother, he was educated at Oxford, where he distinguished himself as a debater and scholar. Throughout his career, he wrote prolifically across a wide range of genres, producing histories, essays, travelogues, poetry, and satirical works.
Among his best-known writings are Cautionary Tales for Children, a collection of humorous yet dark moral verses, and his historical works, which often reflected his staunch Catholicism and critique of Protestant interpretations of history. He was a leading advocate of distributism, an econ ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 24,351 ratings · 1,981 reviews · 519 distinct works • Similar authors
Cautionary Tales for Children
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4.18 avg rating — 5,548 ratings — published 1907 — 162 editions
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The Great Heresies
4.23 avg rating — 1,039 ratings — published 1938 — 3 editions
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The Servile State
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3.99 avg rating — 599 ratings — published 1912 — 135 editions
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The Path to Rome
4.14 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 1902 — 207 editions
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How The Reformation Happened
4.22 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 1928 — 28 editions
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Characters of the Reformati...
4.04 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 1936 — 34 editions
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Europe and the Faith
4.11 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1920 — 131 editions
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The Crusades: The World's D...
4.05 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 1992 — 18 editions
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The Bad Child's Book of Beasts
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3.77 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 1896 — 72 editions
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Cautionary Verses
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“When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”
― Hilaire Belloc
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“Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine,
There’s always laughter and good red wine.
At least I’ve always found it so.
Benedicamus Domino!”
― Hilaire Belloc
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“I have wandered all my life, and I have traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.”
― Hilaire Belloc
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