- Lepanto, Battle of, Greece, 1571, English Historical poetry, Poetry, Hockey
Hilaire Belloc called "Lepanto" Chesterton's greatest poem and the greatest poem of his generation. But not only have English classes neglected this masterpiece of rhyme and meter, History classes have neglected the story of the pivotal battle upon which the poem is based.
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- earnestironic
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- Author
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 124
- Publisher
- American Chesterton Society, Ignatius Press
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781586170301
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**Gilbert Keith Chesterton** was an English writer, lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer, and Christian apologist.
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