A Few Blocks From Broadway

Roger Royle

ISBN 10: 0340410620 / ISBN 13: 9780340410622

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, Great Britain, 1987

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We see him singing in the pubs to sell his parish magazine; educated by the Clergy Orphan Corporation after the early death of both parents; as both chaplain and entertainments officer on a migrant ship to Australia; enjoying new-found respectability as senior chaplain at Eton and being sent on his first TV training course only to be told that it would be wrong for his ever to appear on the box because 'the viewers would never be able to get to sleep!'. And yet, despite all the fun and games, it is Roger's simple, down-to-earth spirituality that is his real hallmark, the reason that time and again people come to him for advice and help. All is revealed as he explains how he finds out what God wants him to do. His unique combination of priest and performer provides the clue, as he ponders whether at the end, he can expect a crown or a thunderbolt from God. Illustrations. Price clipped.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Few Blocks From Broadway
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, Great Britain
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340410620
• ISBN 13: 9780340410622
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Albert Rusling
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Autobiographies -Biography sociology -

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Synopsis

Physical description; 160 p. ; 22 cm. Summary; The autobiography of Roger Royle, the son of a clergyman, who was educated by the Clergy Orphan Corporation after the early death of both his parents. He was ordained in 1962 and served a number of curacies before joining Radio 2 as the presenter of "Good Morning Sunday". Subjects; Royle, Roger. Church of England - Clergy - Biography. Christian life - (1960-). Christian life - Personal observations Practical religion - The Christian life - General works - (1951-). Christianity. Religion / Christianity / General. Biography & Autobiography / General. Genre; Autobiography.