Book of common prayer, the: a biography
Auteur :
Jacobs, Alan
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691191782
Date de publication :
28 mai 2019
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Poids :
272 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
How The Book of Common Prayer became one of the most influential works in the English language While many of us are familiar with such famous words as "Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . ." or "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," we may not know that they originated in The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the wo