The New Jerusalem
By G. K. Chesterton
11 Dec, 2019
The New Jerusalem is a 1920 book written by British writer G. K. Chesterton. Dale Ahlquist calls it a "philosophical travelogue" of Chesterton's journey across Europe to Palestine. Ostensibly a travelogue, or possibly an essay on Zionism, The New Je
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The New Jerusalem is a 1920 book written by British writer G. K. Chesterton. Dale Ahlquist calls it a "philosophical travelogue" of Chesterton's journey across Europe to Palestine. Ostensibly a travelogue, or possibly an essay on Zionism, The New Jerusalem is most powerful as a eulogy on the Middle Ages and the true end of the Roman Empire. If you ever wondered why a king so noble as Richard the Lionheart could abandon England for one of those dreadfully barbaric Crusades, this book will enlighten you. Less