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Father Brown Mysteries in Large Print

If you're looking for Father Brown books by G. K. Chesterton, you've come to right place. Father Brown the fictional character brought to life by G. K. Chesterton has delighted readers for more than one hundred years since... Read Full Overview

The Wisdom of Father Brown is a 1928 collection of mystery short stories by English writer G. K. Chesteron.

Set in the early twentieth century, each of the stories centres around the cunning investigations of Father Brown, a catholic priest-cum-detective... Read Full Overview

The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton , originally published in 1914, is a classic collection of stories that follow the adventures of a Roman Catholic priest with a knack for solving mysteries. Father Brown uses his wit and wisdom to outsmart criminals and bring justice... Read Full Overview

Dr. Orion Hood paced the length of his string of apartments, bounded-as the boys' geographies say-on the east by the North Sea and on the west by the serried ranks of his sociological and criminologist library. He was clad in an artist's velvet, but with none of an artist's negligence;... Read Full Overview

The Wisdom of Father Brown

Father Brown is an insightful sleuth who travels far and wide to solve a new set of mysteries that require his unique skills and wisdom. This selection of short stories also includes a variety of locales from Italy to Cornwall and everywhere in between. Once again,... Read Full Overview

This premium quality large print edition contains the complete and unabridged original classic version of The Wisdom of Father Brown, including twelve stories featuring G.K Chesterton's mystery-solving priest, printed on heavy, bright white 60# paper in a large 7.44"x9.69"... Read Full Overview

Complete and unabridged paperback edition. First published in 1914.

The Wisdom of Father Brown is the second book in the series of cases involving the eccentric yet competent detective. Invented by renowned author, essayist and journalist G. K. Chesterton , Father Brown is an amateur sleuth whose day job involves preaching to his congregation... Read Full Overview

Father Brown's powers of detection allow him to sit beside the immortal Holmes but he is also, to quote Rufus King, 'in all senses a most pleasantly fascinating human being.' You will be enchanted by the scandalously innocent man of the cloth, with the umbrella, who exhibits... Read Full Overview

Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who is featured in 53 short stories published between 1910 and 1936 written by English novelist G. K. Chesterton. 1] Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding... Read Full Overview

G.K. Chesterton's second classic collection of mystery short stories featuring the inimitable Father Brown, the crime solving Catholic priest and detective. The stories include:The Absence of Mr. Glass, The Paradise of Thieves, The Duel of Dr. Hirsch, The Man in the Passage,... Read Full Overview

G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown is perhaps the most lovable amateur detective ever created. This short, shabby priest with his cherubic, round face attracts situations that baffle everyone--except Father Brown and his rather na ve wisdom.

The twelve enthralling stories... Read Full Overview

Father Brown is not an ordinary detective. Father Brown is an ordinary parish priest with extraordinary common sense. He never goes looking for mysteries but mysteries always find him. Knowing the very heart of man, with all its weaknesses and wiles, he sees the truth where... Read Full Overview