Building Jerusalem: A Portrait of my Father

Bullock, Alan

ISBN 10: 0713993626 / ISBN 13: 9780713993622

Published by Allen Lane (a division of Penguin Books), London, 2000

About this Item

Hardcover in good condition. First edition, first printing. Edgewear and faint scores on the jacket; slight nicks and peeling to the rear leading corners. Front flap unclipped, however the UK and Canada prices have been crossed out with pen. The boards and spine are considerably marked. Some foxing on the page block. Bookplate (From the Library of Alan Bullock, St. Catherine's College, Oxford) on the front pastedown. A few instances of minor marks on the page margins. All text is clear. CM.

Seller Inventory # 615746

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building Jerusalem: A Portrait of my Father
• Publisher: Allen Lane (a division of Penguin Books), London
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713993626
• ISBN 13: 9780713993622
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biographies

About this title

Synopsis

Frank Allen Bullock was born in March 1887. The son of a railway signalman, he became a Unitarian preacher and eventually rose to become the head of the Unitarian church in Britain. Now his son, the historian Lord Bullock, has written a moving & detailed memoir of his father's spiritual & intellectual development. But the book is much more than an act of filial piety: it is an evocation of a world where chapel or church communities were part of the fabric of social life. It portrays a man whoseceaseless spiritual exploration is now rare in its range & passion.

About the Author

Lord Bullock is one of Britain's most distinguished historians. He has written ADOLF HITLER: A STUDY IN TYRANNY, now regarded as the classic account of Hitler's life, a monumental three volume life of Ernest Bevin and HITLER AND STALIN: PARALLEL LIVES, winner of the Wolfson Prize.