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Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (/ h ɪ ˈ l ɛər ˈ b ɛ l ə k / also US: / b ɛ l ˈ ɑː k /, French: [ilɛːʁ bɛlɔk]; 27 July 1870 [1] – 16 July 1953) was a French-English writer, politician, and historian. Belloc was also an orator, poet, sailor, satirist, writer of letters, soldier, and political activist.
Belloc's route was walked in reverse, from west to east in the 2010s, by the Rev Nick Flint, rector of Rusper and Colgate in Cautionary Pilgrim: Walking Backwards with Belloc (2014). [19] Flint also writes his book about a journey of four men, each representing parts of Flint's own character, in a style reminiscent of Belloc.
The Servile State is a 1912 economic and political treatise by Hilaire Belloc. [1] It serves primarily as a history of capitalism, a critique of both capitalism and socialism, and a rebuke of developments Belloc believed would bring about a form of totalitarianism he called the "servile state".
The World War I Land and Water was edited by the well-known Catholic writer Hilaire Belloc. Editing it was the only steady employment ever held by Belloc, who otherwise "lived by his pen". Belloc made numerous trips to the Western Front on behalf of the paper, and also collected information from well-placed friends in the ranks of the Army. The ...
The original edition included the following essays: [1] "If Drouet's Cart Had Stuck" by Hilaire Belloc: In a 1791 point of divergence, the Flight to Varennes is successful and the First Coalition wins the Battle of Valmy, restoring Louis XVI to the French throne as a puppet of the British Empire.
In the early 1920, the Catholic historian Hilaire Belloc published in "The Universe" a long series of articles sharply criticizing H. G. Wells' historical textbook, The Outline of History. In Belloc's view, Wells' book included "a number of biased statements, intolerant statements and false assumptions" about Christianity in general and the ...
Cautionary Tales for Children: Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years is a 1907 children's book written by Hilaire Belloc. It is a parody of the cautionary tales that were popular in the 19th century. [1] The poems are a sardonic critique of Victorian era upper class society. [2]
Hilaire Belloc's Prefaces, Written for Fellow Authors (Chicago: Loyala University Press, 1971) [122] editor J. A. De Chantigny Distributist Perspectives: Essays On Economics of Justice and Charity (Norfolk, VA: IHS Press, 2003–2004) [ 123 ] with Herbert W. Shove , George Maxwell, G. K. Chesterton , Arthur J. Penty , H. J. Massingham , Eric ...