I hope Eric writes more books like this!

Absolutely amazing read by an author who is at the top of his game! Hail to Wilberforce and Metaxas!

I first learned about William Wilberforce from a lecture by Os Guinness who also introduced him to Eric Metaxas. Metaxas' biography is the third I have read about him and the best in many regards. By turns elegant, witty, and moving, Wilberforce's' life and work are told. I say witty because several people and events in Wilberforce's life, e.g., Granville Sharp and the Queen Caroline 'affair', are described with a comedic flair which adds an extra dimension to the telling. Finally, Metaxas has an insight into Wilberforce's life which can only come from one who loves the same Lord and Savior, Jesus, the Christ. When I finished reading this book, I realized that had the American Revolution been delayed, slavery would have been abolished and emancipation completed without bloodshed here as it was in the rest of the British empire. The timing of God in this as in all things is indeed inscrutable.