THE HISTORIC THAMES
England has been built up upon the framework of her
rivers, and, in that pattern, the principal line has
been the line of the Thames.
Partly because it was the main highway of Sout...
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The French-born English writer Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc (1870-1953) was a noted poet, historian, essayist, and novelist. Throughout his literary career he was concerned with the problems of social...
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Hilaire Belloc 's literary reputation is currently in decline. Yet during his lifetime, he achieved great acclaim for his writings in a wide variety of genres. His contemporary fame was linked to that...
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In his time Hilaire Belloc enjoyed the same popularity with readers as George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, and G. K. Chesterton. He wrote poetry, fiction, history, travel pieces, and works on topogr...
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Hilaire Belloc was born in the middle of a thunderstorm, and it is hard for anyone writing about him now to resist observing how apt was this scene, since thunderclouds of controversy, often of his ow...
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Hilaire Belloc is chiefly remembered for his controversial political opinions, often belligerent character, and strong allegiance to the Catholic Church. His deep feelings about the important politica...
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The Historic Thames
Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc
(Joseph) Hilaire (Pierre Sebastien Rene Swanton) Belloc