A History of the Church in 100 Objects by Mike and Grace Aquilina

23 March 2018

Fr Gaurav Shroff

A writing-table that belonged to the Oxford Movement leader John Henry Newman and can still be seen in Littlemore is one of the objects in A History of the Church in 100 Objects by Mike and Grace Aquilina (Ave Maria Press/Alban Books, £20.99 (£18.90); 978-1-59471-750-5), which provides 100 images, from St Peter’s Chains to Pope Benedict XVI’s fountain pen, with short essays and a Roman Catholic perspective on history

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