Christopher Howse

Agony and ecstasy in the garden

Robin Lane Fox has made an intense study of a critical decade in St Augustine’s life when he produced his most famous book — ‘like no other, before or since’

From ‘Scenes from the Life of St Augustine’ by Benozzo Gozzoli [THE BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY] 
issue 02 January 2016

  • Augustine: Conversions and Confessions

    Robin Lane Fox

    Allen Lane, pp. 672

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