Man’s Martyrdom

208pp. Hardback in blue cloth-covered boards. 12mo. Boards are gently rubbed, faded and rounded on corners and spine tips. Minor discolouration to text block edges. Some pencil notes on front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original worn, discoloured and chapped dust jacket, partial loss along a sunned spine. Addresses some of the most fundamental questions such as the meaning of life, where do humans come from and where are they going; the author examines the beliefs and theories of established churches but treats them with scant respect, and ridicules atheist and rationalist arguments. W W Patteson, a Irishman who served in both world wars, a newspaper man targeted by Irish gunmen who eventually emigrated to South Africa had a life long interest in the occult. He saw this book as the culmination of his life’s work.