If Protestants had saints, Dietrich Bonhoeffermartyred under Hitler on April 9, 1945 just days before the Allies reached his concentration campwould be one of the first canonised. Not just his unsough
Central to any reappraisal of Southey’s mid to late career, is 'Roderick'. This best-selling epic romance has not been republished since 1838 and is contextualised here within Southey’s wider oeuvre.