Rosemary Ashton

The Diary and Letters of Edward Irving

History & Biography

“In this meticulously edited book, Barbara Waddington has brought to light a large number of unpublished letters by Edward Irving, some from private collections, as well as printing for the first time his seven-week diary written in the summer of 1810. . . . The new material adds richly to the picture of a fervently devout young man, grappling from an early age with questions about the nature of Christ, deeply convinced of his vocation as a preacher, and combining humility . . . with an openly avowed ambition to make his mark.”