{"product_id":"last-words-9781800755352","title":"Last Words","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Holloway has been the archetypal 'turbulent priest'. Having risen to be the Primus (Head) of the Scottish Episcopal Church, he abandoned religion and ecclesiastical office to fight for the rights of minorities and to write a string of best selling books, most famously \u003cem\u003eLeaving Alexandria\u003c\/em\u003e. He also became Chairman of the Scottish Arts Council.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this, his last book, he reflects deeply on his life, most especially as a child of desperately poor parents in Dumbartonshire in Scotland. He tells the story of how he found faith but then abandoned Christian orthodoxy after leaving office as Head of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and discovered a new life as a writer, broadcaster, journalist and public intellectual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book opens and ends with chapters of a philosophical kind in which he explains how he lost belief in a loving God and became true to himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 27 August 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePage count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Height 129 mm; Width 198 mm; Thickness 17 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Swift Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781800755352\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Richard Holloway","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67803484291322,"sku":"9781800755352","price":7.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9781800755352.jpg?v=1792465919","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/last-words-9781800755352","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}