Table of Contents

Prologue One. The Birth of a Contrarian Two. Worms Three. Appointment at Altenstein Four. Patmos Five. Lowly Monk Versus Lofty King Six Unclean Thoughts, Devouring Fires Seven. Rivals Surface Eight. Wrestling the Devil Nine. The New Creature Ten. A Clandestine Mission Eleven. Twenty-Seven Books in Ten Weeks Twelve. Rome Thirteen. All Alone Fourteen. Fanatics Take Over Fifteen. Liberation Sixteen. Consolidation Seventeen. Fruition Epilogue

About the Author

James Reston, Jr. is the author of sixteen books, including the international bestseller Warriors of God. A senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International centre for Scholars, he lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Reviews

"[A] crisply written narrative... The author details in exemplary fashion what was so important and influential about his subject's life and works... A fine, scholarly but accessible treatment of a key period in the life of one of the most influential persons in the history of Christianity." --Library Journal "[A] cogent history... Reston's superb juxtaposition of Luther's solitude in Wartburg and the instability in both Rome and Wittenberg demonstrates how truly perilous a moment this was in the history of the burgeoning Reformation." --Publishers Weekly "An engaging study of a short but explosive period in the life of the great reformer and translator of the Bible... In a swift-moving narrative, Reston examines all of the aspects of this tumultuous time for the reformer. An intensive journey inside Luther's thinking as it was forming in opposition to the church." --Kirkus Reviews