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Puritanism Then and Now

A. N. Wilson

The Puritans: A Transatlantic Historynby david d. hallnnprinceton, 520 pages, $35 When Greta Thunberg, the teenage Green activist, crossed the Atlantic last summer to address the United Nations, one...

Spirit for the Ages

A. N. Wilson

Gin: The Manual by david broom mitchell beazley, 224 pages, $19.99 Britain’s two national drinks—beer and gin—have both undergone a revival in the last decade. Twenty years ago, if...

Haven’t an Inkling

A. N. Wilson

Charles Williams: The Third Inklingby grevel lindopoxford, 464 pages, $34.95 C harles Williams (1886–1945) was a cult figure in his lifetime, and he remains one. The word “cult” here...