The Head of Caesar, G. K. Chesterton
The Head of Caesar, G. K. Chesterton
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The Head of Caesar
A Father Brown Mystery

Author: G. K. Chesterton

Narrator: David Clarke

Unabridged: 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/21/2024


Synopsis

In G.K. Chesterton's "The Head of Caesar" from the Father Brown series, a young woman named Christabel Carstairs, the daughter of a renowned coin collector, approaches Father Brown after being blackmailed by a mysterious man with a crooked nose, who threatens to expose her theft of a valuable Roman coin from her late father's collection, a coin with the likeness of Caesar that she impulsively took because it reminded her of a young man she was infatuated with; Father Brown, through his keen observation skills, uncovers the truth behind the blackmail and the identity of the culprit, who is revealed to be someone close to the family with a hidden motive related to the inheritance of the coin collection. 

About G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography,Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton is well known for his reasoned apologetics, and even those who disagree with him have recognized the universal appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox" Christian and came to identify such a position with Catholicism more and more, eventually converting to Roman Catholicism. George Bernard Shaw, Chesterton's "friendly enemy" according to Time magazine, said of him, "He was a man of colossal genius."


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