On God's Side

'admirably researched book' Philip Caraman SJ, Catholic Herald 'Nicholas Sagovsky has written what must be for the foreseeable future a definitive biography ... an authoritative interpretation of Tyrrell's brief, brilliant and troubled life ... With remarkable sureness of touch, he has made Tyrrell's haunting life into a coherent, convincing and deeply moving whole. He has given flesh and blood to a ghost ... this biography is quite equal to the life it tells ... It is written in a style which befits its subject. ' Robert Butterworth, The Month `fine new biography' Journal of Theological Studies 'the reader will close this elegantly written volume with a very clear impression of what Tyrrell was like' Michael Walsh, Church Times `Nicholas Sagovsky's new biography of Tyrrell, On God's Side is a magnificent achivement ... Sagovsky gives us the life of a modern martyr and it is almost unbearably moving.' The Way 'this book should have wide appeal, it will have special interest for historians and theologians concerned with the Modernist phenomenon in Roman Catholicism ... While Sagovsky's book is a significant contribution to Modernist studies, it also makes judgments which are open to scholarly demur ... sensitive and intelligent treatment of Tyrrell is superb.' Lawrence Barmann, Saint Louis University, The Catholic Historical Review