“One can sometimes do good by being the right person in the wrong place.”

— G. K. Chesterton, book The Innocence of Father Brown

The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) The Sins of Prince Saradine
The Father Brown Mystery Series (1910 - 1927)

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English mystery novelist and Christian apologist 1874–1936

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