The "book of Common Prayer": A Biography

by Alan Jacobs

Book Overview

How The Book of Common Prayer became one of the most influential works in the English language

While many of us are familiar with such famous words as, Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . . or Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, we may not know that they originated with The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible and Shakespeare, the language of this prayer book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691154813
• ISBN13: 9780691154817
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.9" x 7.7"