Chesterton is universally acknowledged as a master of the essay, having written over five thousand. Ahlquist, along with Joseph Pearce and Aidan Mackey, have chosen timeless examples on ghosts, fireworks, rain, juries, gargoyles, barbarians, Shakespeare, Austen, George MacDonald, the Bible. . . . What a staggering imagination! 390 pages, softcover. Ignatius.