Reviews

"This is a first-class biography, lucid and always interesting even on the dogma and theology. Hattersley asks all the right questions and seems incapable of writing a dull page." --"The Independent on Sunday" "Roy Hattersley has written a full and fair biography of a man it is possible to admire but harder to like. He is particularly clearsighted about the nature of Wesley's theology, which was essentially conservative, and always pragmatic." --"New Statesman" "He [Roy Hattersley] is finely understanding of Wesley's dogged spiritual journey." --"Times Literary Supplement" "Hattersley's achievement is the admirable clarity with which he guides us through his theological labyrinth. With humour and sympathy he explores Wesley's peculiar psychology within social and religious contexts, so that we can see how his interior quest shaped the greatest popular religious revival of his time." --"Sunday Times"