Book #58940

Here I Stand: a Life of Martin Luther

Roland H. Bainton

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fair
Publisher: New York, Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1950.

Price: $40.00

A Fair shelfworn edition that is rubbed, aged, soiled and has some fraying to the cloth. There is a previous owner's name on the front flyleaf and a sticker on the front pastedown, spine hinge is loose.

Roland H. Bainton's Here I Stand is the definitive biography of Martin Luther, a man whom Bainton describes as "the father of the Protestant Reformation." Bainton offers a detailed, nuanced account of Luther's life, from his early years as a monk to his tumultuous period as a reformer. He vividly portrays Luther's personal transformation, from pious monk to bold iconoclast, and shows how his ideas shaped the religious and political landscape of the 16th century.; 8vo; 422 pages.