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Baptist women’s writings in revolutionary culture, 1640–1680

books, most notably another biography, of Samuel Pearce, William Carey’s great friend and supporter, whose daughter Anna married Carey’s son Jonathan in 1824 (their son was Pearce Carey’s father). Manley’s thorough and readable account covers a wide canvas, both geographically and historically. This is inevitable, given the scope of Pearce Carey’s life and achievements. He outlines contemporary tensions over such things as Spurgeon’s ministry, the impact of Biblical criticism and Christian Socialism. Pearce Carey comes across as a child of Victorian England struggling to come to terms with the challenges of the twentieth century, finding refuge in the valiant story of missionary endeavour in a past era. Baptists and others owed a huge amount to him for bringing his famous great grandfather to life through his writing and speaking. His style was at times idiosyncratic, but his research was thorough and he brought hidden aspects of Carey’s work to light. The developing story of the Church’s mission to the world is a fascinating one. Manley has done us all a great service in giving us an insight into the contribution Pearce Carey made.