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A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter

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A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter - Rockness, Miriam Huffman
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Art critic John Ruskin enthusiastically proclaimed her potential as one of the best artists of the nineteenth century, but Lilias Trotter's devotion to Christ compelled her to surrender her life of art, privilege, and leisure. Leaving the home of her wealthy parents for a humble dwelling in Algeria, Lilias defied sterotypes and taboos that should have deterred any European woman from ministering in a Muslim country. Yet she stayed for nearly forty years, befriending Algerian Muslims with her appreciation for literature and ...

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A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter 2003, Our Daily Bread Publishing, Grand Rapids, MI

ISBN-13: 9781572931084

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A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter 1999, Shaw Books, Wheaton

ISBN-13: 9780877885122

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