Three absorbing classics by the acclaimed Scottish novelist, including a National Book Award winner. This collection includes three novels whose settings range from Wales to China, and which paint a rich portrait of the changes and upheavals of the early decades of the twentieth century:The Citadel: Set in Great Britain in the years between the world wars, this National Book Award-winning novel is “[a] fine, honest, and moving a study of a young doctor” (The Atlantic Monthly).The Stars Look Down: This thought-provoking novel follows the challenges faced by a Northern England coal mining community and represents “the finest work Cronin has given his public” (Kirkus Reviews).The Keys of the Kingdom: A controversial Scottish Catholic priest embarks on a mission in China, where over years of hardship he learns the true meaning of humanity—and of faith—in “a magnificent story of the great adventure of individual goodness” (The New York Times Book Review).
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