Mandell Creighton and the English Church

London: Oxford University Press, 1964. Gold title on red cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is an armorial book plate to front pastedown and a small name and date to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete and VG+. vi + 127 pages. Portrait frontispiece. Mandell Creighton (1843-1901) was historian and successively Bishop of Peterborough and Bishop of London. His life by his widow published in two volumes in 1904, has been ranked high among biographies but the mere bulk of this and his own works discourages present day readers. Yet he does not deserve such neglect, and the author has written this readable biography to show Creighton's character as a Christian and a historian; his thought on the Church of England and its position in the nation; his actions and his outlook as a bishop; and, the chief problem of his episcopate, ritual controversy; the booh ends with a summing-up. **** NOT EX LIB **** R1. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.