Hilaire Belloc

Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) - one of the most prominent Catholic authors of his time - gives a common-sense explanation of why the Crusades were necessary and why they ultimately failed....

In this 1912 classic, wide-ranging polemicist Hilaire Belloc presents a new economic history of Europe and makes his case for "Distributism", the author’s answer to the instability of capitalism and the stringency of socialism....

Hilaire Belloc examines the five most destructive heretical movements to have affected Christian civilization....

One of the most artful narratives ever written concerning the life of "The Maid"....

The Victorians had a fondness for scaring their offspring straight with cautionary tales....

Aged merchant Mahmoud relates to his young nephews the story of his rise to fabulous riches. From being kicked out (literally) from the family home by his exasperated father, with only the barest patrimony to sustain him, the young wastrel goes from rags to riches, and back again....

This essay, written shortly after the outbreak of WWII (February 1940), examines the state of the war from a Catholic perspective....

This book of 13 silly rhymes about strange animals is sure to delight and confuzzle its young listeners....

Here is a timeless classic in an exclusive audio edition featuring Matilda, who told such dreadful lies....

"Cautionary Tales", humorous poems with an implausible moral, are the most widely known of Hilaire Belloc's writings....