title: The Path to Rome
author: Hilaire Belloc
description: Hilaire Belloc (1870 1953) was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalized British subject in 1902. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He is most notable for his Catholic faith, which had a strong impact on most of his works and his writing collaboration with G. K. Chesterton. Belloc wrote on myriad subjects, from warfare to poetry to the many current topics of his day. He has been called one of the Big Four of Edwardian Letters, along with H.G.Wells, George Bernard Shaw, and G. K. Chesterton, all of whom debated each other into the 1930s. Belloc was closely associated with Chesterton, and Shaw coined the term Chesterbelloc for their partnership. Asked once why he wrote so much,] he responded, "Because my children are howling for pearls and caviar." Belloc observed that "The first job of letters is to get a canon," that is, to identify those works which a writer looks upon as exemplary of the best of prose and verse. For his own prose style, he claimed to aspire to be as clear and concise as "Mary had a little lamb." His best travel writing has secured a permanent following.
zlib_text: **Hilaire Belloc**  
  
  # The Collected Works of Hilaire Belloc
  
  **Historical Books, Economy Studies, Essays, Fiction & Poetry**
  
  _Illustrator: Basil T. Blackwood, William Hyde, G. K. Chesterton_
  
  e-artnow, 2021  
  Contact: [info@e-artnow.org](mailto:info@e-artnow.org)
  
  EAN: 4064066383459
  
  
  # Table of Contents
  
    
  
    
  
  [ **History** ](text00003.html)
  
  [The Book of the Bayeux Tapestry](text00003.html)
  
  [The Path to Rome](text00007.html)
  
  [The Old Road](text00012.html)
  
  [The French Revolution](text00023.html)
  
  [Blenheim](text00032.html)
  
  [Tourcoing](text00039.html)
  
  [Crécy](text00047.html)
  
  [Waterloo](text00055.html)
  
  [Malplaquet](text00062.html)
  
  [Poitiers](text00069.html)
  
  [First and Last](text00078.html)
  
  [Europe and the Faith](text00121.html)
  
  [Survivals and New Arrivals: The Old and New Enemies of the Catholic
  Church](text00134.html)
  
  [The Jews](text00142.html)
  
  [The Historic Thames](text00159.html)
  
  [A Change in the Cabinet](text00165.html)
  
  [A General Sketch of the European War: The 