Robin Bruce Lockhart Bücher

This is a story of Sidney Reilly, perhaps the most flamboyant and mysterious British spy of all time.

Aged 25, Lockhart became the British Vice-Consul to Moscow in 1912. In 1918 he was charged with establishing a diplomatic understanding with the Bolsheviks, to ensure that Russia remained in the war against Germany. Then he was falsely accused of a counter-revolutionary plot to overthrow the Bolsheviks. This is his story.

Founded 900 years ago by St Bruno, the Carthusians are the most completely enclosed religious order in the Catholic Church. Living alone and in silence in almost perpetual prayer, the monks are the spiritual heirs to the early Christians, the Desert Fathers. As the only order 'never to have been reformed because never deformed', the Carthusians have been described as  'the most precious jewel in the Church's crown'. There is a Carthusian To make saints not to publicize them'. Indeed because they shut themselves away from the world and shun all publicity, little is know about these monks, even among other religious orders. In this updated edition of a classic book, which includes new material, Robin Bruce Lockhart remedies the gap in our knowledge - without destroying the mystery of the order. Halfway to Heaven is still the most comprehensive book ever written about the Carthusians.  It is also an awesome source of inspiration in the art of contemplation and prayer.  

Sonda o života kartuziánských mnichů. Kniha je zajímavým průvodcem po historii a současnosti tohoto kontemplativního řádu. Vychází s předmluvou arcibiskupa Bruno Heima.