Lord of the World

by Robert Hugh Benson

LORD OF THE WORLD

	LORD OF THE WORLD   BY ROBERT HUGH BENSON     NEW YORK DODD, MEAD & COMPANY 1908

Copyright, 1907
By Dodd, Mead & Company

Published March, 1908

Dedication

CLAVI DOMUS DAVID

PREFACE

 

I am perfectly aware that this is a terribly sensational book, and open to innumerable criticisms on that account, as well as on many others. But I did not know how else to express the principles I desired (and which I passionately believe to be true) except by producing their lines to a sensational point. I have tried, however, not to scream unduly loud, and to retain, so far as possible, reverence and consideration for the opinions of other people. Whether I have succeeded in that attempt is quite another matter.

Robert Hugh Benson.

Cambridge, 1907.

CONTENTS

 

Prologue		xi
BOOK I
The Advent		1
BOOK II
The Encounter		93
BOOK III
The Victory		261