THE SHAPING OF MODERN CHINA (2 volumes)
Hudson Taylor’s life and legacy
By A.J. Broomhall
Piquant, with William Carey Library, Pasadena, & OMF International
880 pages each. £23.99 (from http://www.piquanteditions.com)
ISBN 1 90368 916 3
These two massive volumes are beautifully produced and reprint the whole of Broomhall’s labour of love, which was originally published in seven separate volumes in the 1980s. The new edition is far superior, on better paper, with clear print and well illustrated with photos and maps.
These books are not for the faint-hearted. Each volume has 860 pages (!) Also, the price at £29.99 may be off-putting — although it has to be said there are many academic Christian paperbacks on the market with a tenth of the material and of far less spiritual worth, which sell for an even greater price.
