AJ Cronin AJ Cronin Bestsellers

Annotation

Three absorbing classics by the acclaimed Scottish novelist, including a National Book Award winner. This collection includes three novels whose settings range from Wales to China, and which paint a rich portrait of the changes and upheavals of the early decades of the twentieth century:The Citadel: Set in Great Britain in the years between the world wars, this National Book Award-winning novel is ';[a] fine, honest, and moving a study of a young doctor' (The Atlantic Monthly).The Stars Look Down: This thought-provoking novel follows the challenges faced by a Northern England coal mining community and represents ';the finest work Cronin has given his public' (Kirkus Reviews).The Keys of the Kingdom: A controversial Scottish Catholic priest embarks on a mission in China, where over years of hardship he learns the true meaning of humanityand of faithin ';a magnificent story of the great adventure of individual goodness' (The New York Times Book Review).