Philip Newnham

Her family had been Roman Catholic back in 1605, at the height of Catholic unrest and persecution of Catholics in England.EL , however, came from a liberal Unitarian background: her father (to whom...

She was introduced to the publishers of this novel, Hurst and Blackett , through the good offices of the writer George Macdonald . She dedicated the work to her cousin the Rev. Philip Newnham

As readers recognized at once, Luke Raeburn, the embattled atheist in this book, noticeably resembles the politician Charles Bradlaugh , who was excluded from taking his seat in the House of Commons after repeatedly being...