Lord of the World

Name: Lord of the World
Author: Mgr. Robert Hugh Benson

Mgr. Robert Hugh Benson

Benson's apocalyptic novel of 1907, set in a near-future world that has all but abandoned the faith: a charismatic humanist statesman, Julian Felsenburgh, unites the nations under the religion of Humanity while a priest, Percy Franklin, and a dwindling Church stand against him. In three books: the Advent, the Encounter, the Victory.

Source: Book and chapter divisions as printed; the numbered sections inside chapters are kept as ## headings. Gutenberg licence and transcriber notes are dropped. Raw text in sources/en-US-originals/.