This is about more than art and literature; it encompasses every aspect of our lives and our country, from individual virtue to public law. Nichols calls for the recovery of a distinct Catholic identity and a confident faith which seeks to provide a common purpose for the realm, rather than being diffident or subsumed into the wider secular culture. He describes how Catholic Christianity provides the best foundation for the culture of an England re-made. A challenging and compelling book.

Fr Aidan Nichols is a Dominican friar of the Priory of St Michael the Archangel, Cambridge. He is currently John Paul II Memorial Visiting Lecturer at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Greyfriars, Oxford. He is the author of over 30 books and about 100 articles.