num_pages: 368
description: Art critic John Ruskin enthusiastically proclaimed her potential as one of the best artists of the nineteenth century, but Lilias Trotter's devotion to Christ compelled her to surrender her life of art, privilege, and leisure. Leaving the home of her wealthy parents for a humble dwelling in Algeria, Lilias defied sterotypes and taboos that should have deterred any European woman from ministering in a Muslim country. Yet she stayed for nearly forty years, befriending Algerian Muslims with her appreciation for literature and art and winning them to Christ through her life of love.
language: English
title: A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter
titlecomplete: A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter
genres: Biography, Christian, Spirituality, History, Christianity, Christian Non Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Literature, Faith
ratings_count: 459
publisher: Our Daily Bread Publishing