Religions are kept alive by heresies, which are really sudden explosions of faith. Dead religions do not produce them.
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I am thirty-three - the age of the good Sans-culotte Jesus; an age fatal to revolutionists.
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| Birth: | 7th April, 1894 |
| Death: | 19th January, 1987 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Author, Historian |
About
Edward FitzGerald "Gerald" Brenan was born in Sliema, Malta. He was a British author and historian who spent much of his life in Spain. He is best known for The Spanish Labyrinth, a historical work on the background to the Spanish Civil War, and for South from Granada. He was awarded a CBE in the Diplomatic Service and Overseas List in 1982. He was educated at Radley, a boarding school in England. He wrote several books include: The face of Spain, The Literature of the Spanish People, A Life of One's Own, and Thoughts in a dry season.
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