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Hilaire Belloc (Estate)
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Belloc flourished as a writer from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th. A poet, historian and seafarer with a particular love for France, for Sussex, and the Roman Catholic church, his verse is still loved and quoted. He wrote respected biographies of Danton, Robespierre, Napoleon and Cromwell, popular travel books like THE PATH TO ROME (1902) and the highly regarded novels MR CLUTTERBUCK'S ELECTION (1908), THE GIRONDIN (1911), THE GREEN OVERCOAT (1912) and BELINDA (1928), but Belloc's reputation rests mostly on his gruesome and ferocious rhymes for children. His CAUTIONARY TALES (1907) gave the world such gems as "Henry King who Chewed Bits of String and was Early Cut off in Dreadful Agonies." "How profuse and pure a genius,"said Evelyn Waugh of him. He died in 1957.


THE GIRONDIN

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ESSAYS ON LIBERALISM

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COMPLETE VERSE

PIMLICO (Jan 1970)


ONE THING AND ANOTHER

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SONGS OF THE SOUTH COUNTRY

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ELIZABETHAN COMMENTARY

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PLACES

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A SILENCE OF THE SEA AND OTHER ESSAYS

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THE CATHOLIC AND THE WAR

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ON THE PLACE OF GILBERT CHESTERTON IN ENGLISH LETTERS

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CHARLES II; THE LAST RALLY

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ON SAILING THE SEA, A COLLECTION OF THE SEA-GOING WRITINGS OF HILAIRE BELLOC

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THE CASE OF DR COULTON

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MONARCHY; A STUDY OF LOUIS XIV

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THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER

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RETURN TO THE BALTIC

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STORIES, ESSAYS AND POEMS

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THE CRISIS OF CIVILIZATION

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THE CRUSADE; THE WORLD'S DEBATE

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AN ESSAY ON THE NATURE OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLAND

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THE BATTLE GROUND

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CHARACTERS OF THE REFORMATION

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THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX

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AN ESSAY ON THE RESTORATION OF PROPERTY

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THE HEDGE AND THE HORSE

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MILTON

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CROMWELL

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A SHORTER HISTORY OF ENGLAND

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CHARLES THE FIRST, KING OF ENGLAND

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WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR

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AN HEROIC POEM IN PRAISE OF WINE

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HOW WE GOT THE BIBLE

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR ADULTS ONLY AND MATURE AT THAT

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A MORAL ALPHABET

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NAPOLEON

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THE POSTMASTER GENERAL

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SAULIEU OF THE MORVAN

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USURY

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A CONVERSATION WITH A CAT AND OTHERS

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CRANMER

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ESSAYS OF A CATHOLIC LAYMAN IN ENGLAND

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NINE NINES; OR, NOVENAS FROM A CHINESE LITANY OF NUMBERS

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ON TRANSLATION

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SIX BRITISH BATTLES

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WHY I AM, AND WHY I AM NOT A CATHOLIC

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THE MAN WHO MADE GOLD

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NEW CAUTIONARY TALES, VERSES

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RICHELIEIU

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WOLSEY

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JOAN OF ARC

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THE MISSING MASTERPIECE, A NOVEL

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SURVIVALS AND NEW ARRIVALS

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SUSSEX: A RESISTANT COUNTY

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BELINDA, A TALE OF AFFECTION IN YOUTH AND AGE

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BUT SOFT, WE ARE OBSERVED

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A CONVERSATION WITH AN ANGEL: AND OTHER ESSAYS

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HOW THE REFORMATION HAPPENED

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JAMES THE SECOND

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MANY CITIES

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THE HAUNTED HOUSE

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OLIVER CROMWELL

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ROBESPIERRE, A STUDY

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THE TACTICS AND STRATEGY OF THE GREAT DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH

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THIS AND THAT AND THE OTHER

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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND HISTORY

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A COMPANION TO MR WELL'S 'OUTLINE OF HISTORY'

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THE EMERALD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT

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AN ESSAY ON MODERN MASTERS

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THE HIGHWAY AND ITS VEHICLES

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MR BELLOC STILL OBJECTS TO MR WELL'S 'OUTLINE OF HISTORY'

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MRS MARKHAM'S NEW HISTORY OF ENGLAND

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SHORT TALKS WITH THE DEAD AND OTHERS

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THE CRUISE OF THE 'NONA'

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A HISTORY OF ENGLAND

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MINIATURES OF FRENCH HISTORY

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MR PETRE: A NOVEL

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THE CAMPAIGN OF 1812 AND THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW

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ECONOMICS FOR HELEN

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THE EYE-WITNESS

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FIRST AND LAST

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THE BAD CHILD'S BOOK OF BEASTS

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THE CONTRAST

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THE FOUR MEN: A FARRAGO

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THE GREEN OVERCOAT

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THE MODERN TRAVELLER

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MORE PEERS: VERSES

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ON ANYTHING

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THE ROAD

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SONNETS AND VERSE

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CATHOLIC SOCIAL REFORM

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THE JEWS

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THE MERCY OF ALLAH

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THE AFTERMATH OR GLEANINGS FROM A BUSY LIFE

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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE PRINCIPLE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY

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EUROPE AND FAITH

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THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND MONARCHY

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ON SOMETHING

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A PICKED COMPANY

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LAND AND WATER MAP OF THE WAR AND HOW TO USE IT

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THE TWO MAPS OF EUROPE: AND SOME OTHER ASPECTS OF THE GREAT WAR

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THE BOOK OF THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY

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THE HISTORIC THAMES

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ON NOTHING AND KINDRED SPIRITS

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THE STANE STREET: A MONGRAPH

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THE SERVILE STATE

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WARFARE IN ENGLAND

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ESTO PERPETUA: ALGERIAN STUDIES AND IMPRESSIONS

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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

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SOCIALISM AND THE SERVILE STATE: A DEBATE BETWEEN MESSRS HILAIRE BELLOC AND J.RAMSAY MACDONALD

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MARIE ANTOINETTE

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MORE BEASTS (FOR WORSE CHILDREN)

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THE OLD ROAD

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PONGO AND THE BULL

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THE PYRENEES

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VERSES

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ON EVERYTHING

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THE ILLUSTRATED REVIEW

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MR CLUTTERBUCK'S ELECTION

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THE GREAT HERESIES

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HILLS AND THE SEA

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AVRIL: BEING ESSAYS ON THE POETRY OF THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE

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THE PATH TO ROME

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LAMBKINS REMAINS

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DANTON: A STUDY

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