title: Lord of the World: A Novel
author:  Robert Hugh Benson 
description: &#34;I advise you to read it.&#34; --<b>Pope Francis</b><br><br>&#34;A well-crafted and prophetic novel that anticipates and dramatically renders the spiritual and cultural crises of the twentieth-first century.&#34; --From the introduction by <b>Rev. Mark Bosco, S.J.</b><br><br>&#34;Prophetic wisdom is often best expressed and appreciated through works of art. <i>Lord of the World</i> is just such a prophetic work of art. The book tells certain critical truths: that evil is at work in our time, that lies embed seeds of destruction in the promise of peace, and that Jesus Christ is victorious through the indignation and suffering of the Cross. <i>Lord of the World</i> is the right book for Christians in the modern world--and there may be no message more critical for our time.&#34; --<b>Most Rev. James D. Conley</b>, Bishop of Lincoln<br><br>&#34;Benson's dystopic novel is more sinister than the simple hedonism of Huxley's dystopia and more subtle than the sheer brutality of Orwell's. I welcome Ave Maria Press's new edition of this classic and prophetic work.&#34; --<b>Joseph Pearce</b>, Editor of the <i>St. Austin Review</i><br><br>&#34;By including both a fresh, context-clarifying introduction to Robert Hugh Benson and his dystopian tale and an invaluable meditation on the theology that drives it, Ave Maria Press gives us a relevant and readable edition of a harrowing 1907 novel that, in places, seems all too familiar and timely.&#34; --<b>Elizabeth Scalia</b>, Author of <i>Strange Gods</i>
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  # ROBERT HUGH  
  
  
  BENSON
  
  
  
  
  
  COLLECTION  
  
  
    
  
  
  11 BOOKS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # BOOKS INDEX
  
  
  
  
  
  [ROBERT HUGH BENSON](part0000_split_000.html#_Toc455900626)
  
  
  
  
  
  [ROBERT HUGH BENSON COLLECTION](part0002.html#_Toc455900628)
  
  
  
  
  
  [BY WHAT AUTHORITY?](part0003_split_000.html#_Toc455900629)
  
  
  
  
  
  [COME RACK! COME ROPE!](part0050_split_000.html#_Toc455900676)
  
  
  
  
  
  [DAWN OF ALL](part0094_split_000.html#_Toc455900850)
  
  
  
  
  
  [LORD OF THE WORLD](part0121_split_000.html#_Toc455900942)
  
  
  
  
  
  [LOURDES](part0148_split_000.html#_Toc455901027)
  
  
  
  
  
  [NONE OTHER GODS](part0161_split_000.html#_Toc455901040)
  
  
  
  
  
  [ODDSFISH!](part0189_split_000.html#_Toc455901149)
  
  
  
  
  
  [PARADOXES OF CATHOLICISM](part0240_split_000.html#_Toc4559