A.N. Wilson

The first Puritans weren’t so much killjoys as ardent believers in honest living

David D. Hall manages to convey the sheer thrill of theological discussion for the 17th-century ‘Saints’ determined to complete the work of the Reformation

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  • The Puritans: A Transatlantic History

    David D. Hall

    Princeton, pp. 517, £27

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