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In this book, Jonathan Aitken discovers John Newton the man, his motivation and beliefs.John Newton is best known as the author of Amazing Grace but this brilliant new biography shows how he led one of the most colourful and influential lives of the 18th century. Using a wealth of unpublished material, Jonathan Aitken charts Newton's journey through slave trading, best selling authorship, ordination, church leadership, abolitionist campaigning and the spiritual mentoring of William Wilberforce and William Cowper.From Newton's rip-roaring adventures on the high seas to his emergence as a pivotal figure in the abolitionist and evangelical movements this is a life of amazing achievement as well as of Amazing Grace.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139780826493842
eBay Product ID (ePID)89504334
Product Key Features
Book TitleJohn Newton: from Disgrace to Amazing Grace
AuthorJonathan Aitken
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicChristianity
Publication Year2008
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages328 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height234mm
Item Width156mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJonathan Aitken
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom