My sister gave me this for my birthday and I read it straight away. It is a very thorough study of an obscure subject and a great read that appears to be reliable. Beards are not such an important matter in the grand scheme of things but it is good to know this history and there are a number of interesting sidelights on various subjects. I had read the Spurgeon quotes before but had never noticed that whereas most of the Reformers had beards (Luther the obvious exception though he dabbled), the eighteenth century evangelicals did not at all. Is there something in this? Probably not. The author is an Anglican blogger.
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