The Complete Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton

'The Sign of the Broken Sword', The Saturday Evening Post, 7 January 1911.

'The Eye of Apollo', The Saturday Evening Post, 25 February 1911. 'The Hammer of God' (as 'The Bolt from the Blue', The Saturday Evening Post, 5 November 1910. 'The Sins of Prince Saradine', The Saturday Evening Post, 22 April 1911. 'The Wrong Shape', The Saturday Evening Post, 10 December 1910. 'The Honour of Israel Gow' (as 'The Strange Justice', The Saturday Evening Post, 25 March 1911. 'The Invisible Man', The Saturday Evening Post, 28 January 1911. 'The Flying Stars', The Saturday Evening Post. 'The Queer Feet', The Story-Teller, November 1910. The Innocence of Father Brown, 1911 'The Blue Cross', The Story-Teller, September 1910 first published as 'Valentin Follows a Curious Trail', The Saturday Evening Post, 23 July 1910 'The Secret Garden', The Story-Teller, October 1910. The following is the list of Father Brown stories included in this volume: 1. This volume contains ALL OF FATHER BROWN STORIES, included the three stories left out of most collections: 'The Donnington Affair' 'The Vampire of the Village' 'The Mask of Midas'. Unlike the more famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown's methods tend to be intuitive rather than deductive. Father Brown is a short, stumpy Roman Catholic Church priest, 'formerly of Cobhole in Essex, and now working in London', with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human evil. Chesterton based the character on Father John O'Connor (1870-1952), a parish priest in Bradford who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922. Chesterton, who stars in 51 detective short stories (and two framing vignettes). This volume contains the 53 stories of Father Brown, the beloved character created by English novelist G.

The Complete Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton