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鈥淥ne could not wish for a more engaging introduction to the history of the Prayer Book. . . . [A] triumph of compression and lucidity.鈥濃�擠avid Martin, Church Times

鈥淓legant and authoritative.鈥濃�擶illy Maley, Times Higher Education

鈥淸A] gem.鈥濃�擯eter J. Leithart, First Things

鈥淎 beautifully lucid introduction to the origins and use of one of the most significant religious texts in the English-speaking world. Alan Jacobs helps us to understand not only the book but also the Christian sensibility of the whole Anglican tradition and the culture it nourished.鈥濃�擠r. Rowan Williams, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge

鈥�The Book of Common Prayer, often thought of as a source of Anglican stability, has led an interesting life of many changes. Jacobs tracks them all like a shrewd detective.鈥濃�擥arry Wills, author of What the Gospels Meant