num_pages: 537
description: Through years of meticulous research and access to the literary estate of G.K. Chesterton, Joseph Pearce presents a major biography of a 20th century literary giant, providing a great deal of important information on GKC never before published. This is a thoroughly readable and delightful biography of a multi-faceted author, artist and debater who loved the friendship of children, idolized his wife and enjoyed great friendships with the likes of Hillaire Belloc, Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells.
language: English
title: Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton
titlecomplete: Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton
genres: Literature, History, Philosophy, Religion, Catholic, Christianity, Biography Memoir, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 173
publisher: Hodder & Stoughton