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“There have been other books about that brilliant linguist, scholar and missionary to India and Persia in the early nineteenth century, the saintly and heroic Henry Martyn. This one. . . is the first to present the facts of his short and astonishing life in as objective a manner as possible. The author is himself a fine Classical scholar. Drawing on Henry’s own journals and letters as well as biographies and diaries written mainly by Henry’s contemporaries, John Martyn has written an appreciative, but not uncritical, account. There is no religious exhortation or sentimentality. Readers are left to make their own judgments about Henry’s achievements. It is an enthralling story.” Dr. Evan Burge
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