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‘A hugely enjoyable eccentric account of clerical heroism in the face of evil.’ Observer
Who says you can't fight fascism in a cassock?
Christians don't have to be meek and mild. Take Father Kir – parish priest and French resistance hero, immortalised by the Kir Royale. And Archbishop Damaskinos who, when threatened with the firing squad by the Nazis, replied, ‘Please respect our traditions – in Greece we hang our Archbishops.’
Wherever fascism has taken root, it has met with resistance. From taking a bullet for a frightened schoolgirl in Alabama to riding on the bonnet of a tank during the liberation of France, each of the hard-drinking, chain-smoking clerics featured in this book were willing to risk their lives for what they believed.
The Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie is Assistant Curate at Liverpool Parish Church and the author of A Field Guide to the English Clergy, a Best Book of the Year for The Times, Mail on Sunday and BBCHistory. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Oxford and a bachelor’s degree in theology from the University of Cambridge. He once accidentally appeared on Only Connect. This is his second book.
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