Books are missing from the archbishop\'s shelves and the librarian is helpless to explain until the culprit is revealed: Arcade, the clergyman\'s guardian angel, has been educating himself.
Pape complement the tale\'s fantasy elements..
The author\'s sense of humor brings a remarkably contemporary air to the Paradise Lost scenario, and stunning black-and-white illustrations by Frank C.
Published on the eve of World War I, the fable voices an ever-resonant protest against violence and despotism.
This 1914 novel by Nobel laureate Anatole France offers a brilliant satire of war, government, and religion.
Revolution is the only answer, and Arcade joins a host of fallen Angels to mount a rebellion that proposes to install Satan on the throne of heaven.
Immersion in works of philosophy and science has convinced Arcade that God is a cruel tyrant.
Books are missing from the archbishop\'s shelves and the librarian is helpless to explain until the culprit is revealed: Arcade, the clergyman\'s guardian angel, has been educating himself
