In The Steps Of The Master

If you like excellent writing, history, and interesting and entertaining travel memoirs then Morton is for you, he captures the essence of a place and introduces you to characters he meets who jump off the page. His writing is simply delightful to read with his command of language. Even though he wrote 50 plus years ago his writing is not boring, not dusty, but so alive and factual.The second best thing to actually visiting myself.Also fascinating to see a vision of the Middle East prior to its current mess, and the Holy Land in the infancy of the Israeli state.Read this, you will never regret it. This particular book is my favorite, secondly the book he wrote on Paul's journeys. I am a Christian and it deeply moved me understanding the geographical and historical context of Christ. Also equally fascinating is how the future believers interpreted his life and their own faith. Everyone has it right. Each sect has the right take on Christ's teaching and their way is the best way. Typical humans. Morton thoughtfully and without judgement, and with great interest and empathy meets all kinds of colorful characters who lend truth to our human pride and egos as we live out our faith imperfectly but with God's grace shining through to make even our imperfect faith a beautiful and precious thing.However if you are not a Christian you will love it as well as Morton does not beat you over the head with religion. He gives us a window into a place and into the lives of others in a very objective, historical manner with great literary skill.

This is a classic. The author was a popular journalist. It is a geographical, climatological, archeological, anthropological, historical, cultural, spiritual, and personal travelogue excellently written. The English usage of some passages is so well, and often wittily, crafted, that they are worth reading twice. Considering that it was written in the 1930's, it has a surprising lack of cultural bias. The title refers to the biblical history of Jesus in the Holy Land, and as a Christian I often found the passages that directly referenced that aspect deeply moving. However, even if the reader is not Christian, all the other elements still make this book a very good read.

Jerusalem Journal: Adventures in a Desert LandscapeIn the Lion's Mouth: Gisi Fleischmann & the Jewish Fight for SurvivalIsn't This Glorious!: The 15th, 19th, And 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiments at Gettysburg's Copse of Trees It's amazing to read a book like H.V. Morton's "In The Steps Of the Master" when you have, at least to some extent, traveled in Morton's own steps. This gifted 20th century travel writer writes like a painter--you can see what he is writing about as clearly as if you were there too. His knowledge of the complex history of what many people call the Holy Land seems encyclopedic, and it seems he has visited all of the sites and taken you along. His encounters with the many peoples of the Palestine Mandate--for he wrote this book before the foundation of modern Israel-- are memorable. The people he hears from range from the Zionist who sees his people's salvation in tractors to the ultra-Orthodox Jew who trusts only in God. There are many non-Jews as well, memorably including a British police officer (and his English setter dog) who Morton meets in 100-degree heat in Jericho, well below sea level. Temperature or no, the officer plans to go shooting with his dog. Back home, tweeds were what one wore to go shooting; so tweeds it is here, too.This is one of the funniest passages in the book, although its subject would have seen nothing funny about it. It helps one understand the British Empire a bit better; people who would not pass out while wearing tweed in a desert landscape are a hearty stock. Perhaps, since Britain's imperial heyday, they have weakened.I have no trouble giving this five well-deserved stars.

The book that came was a little more used than I thought. However, it is extremely fascinating reading of historic Palestine in 1934.The original book was written in 1934 & the copy I have is the 12th printing in 1952. The introduction brings you up to date with the birth of Israel. Having made the Holy Land Pilgrimage recently, it was interesting to read of a Pilgrimage made in 1934.

This is a classic. I first encountered this book in a used bookstore in Victoria, BC, Canada, about 15 years ago, and it was so unforgettable that I searched for it online and found to my delight that it was reissued and available on Amazon. H.V. Morton will take you right into the Holy Land before all the upheavals in the Middle East, and you will indeed walk in the Footsteps of the Master!

This is a very easy flowing descriptive view of the places of Christ life.

Estupendo libro. Entrega muy a tiempo.

The book written from the heart. I added it to the list of my favorites.

I already own another book by H.V. Morton called 'In Search of England' and this one is just as magical for me, although it has more of a religious bent, hence the name. H.V. Morton was a traveler in an age when travel could be to far-flung, exotic places without concern for political upheaval and wars. This book introduces the reader to his travels through Palestine, Jerusalem and other Middle Eastern cities, stopping along the way to engage the locals and treat us all to a keen observation of the holy shrines and customs that had been practiced since the birth of Christ. I read it as a sort of Christian history journey. H.V. Morton's style of writing is both absorbing and enthralling. I recommend this book whether you are a devout Christian or simply a fan of fascinating human history.

H V Morton has written a number of travel books, but this is another of the three which I feel belong together, without being in any way a trilogy, or needing to be read in any special order, nor even all of them read.I loved it. It has the same mix as the other two, Through Lands of the Bible and In the Fotsteps of St Paul, mostly travel, but at a time when tourism and travel were far less common than they are today which makes it especially interesting, almost history indeedDespite the title it isn't a devotional book, just an interesting mix of travel and culture and history.which I think can be enjoyed at that level by people not necessarily involved with any church,

The Steps of The Master takes us through Jesus's life in what used more commonly to be called The Holy Land. Although I'm not a practising Christian it represents an early twentieth century travelogue of an ancient path. Written in the 1930s and therefore prior to the founding of the state of Israel, the language is only dated to a very small extent and for anyone brought up in the Christian tradition or not, it's still quite a page turner. Morton has written (also in the 1930s) a companion In The Steps of St Paul, equally fascinating and well written. If one also reads A. N. Wilson's biography of St Paul at the same time, one gets a sense of the whole person in a way that cannot be replicated elsewhere. I read both these Morton books as a teenager in Scotland in the early 1950s, as well as a couple of his other books such as In Search of London and In Search of Rome, and am pleased to re-read them as well as to recommend them all to buyers.

A great read from a bygone era. I have read many of H V Morton's books and they all appear to be written at a calmer pace when life was maybe not quite so rushed as it is now. The book contains many interesting articles and facts as well as Mr. Morton's eye for the descriptive. I would thoroughly recommend it (this refer's to an original hardback copy)

This is one of the best, most informative, enlightening books I have ever read.If you would like to go to the Holy Land, this is the book for you!