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Katherine Rundell鈥檚 biography of the poet and "alchemist" of words John Donne. Today, Donne鈥檚 turn to the priesthood finally secures his fortunes as he becomes chaplain to King James and later Dean of Saint Paul鈥檚 Cathedral in London.

This prize-winning new biography of John Donne reveals him as an 鈥渋nfinity merchant鈥�, a man whose preaching could make his congregation weep, a poet whose 鈥渂eauty deserved walk-on music鈥�.

Rundell's engaging, witty and often thrilling book champions an impossible to categorise man: pirate, soldier, scholar, priest, inventor of new words and author of some of most intensely and intimately passionate poetry in English. Donne was a Catholic who lost - or left - his faith, from a family of martyrs, whose career led him to become Dean of Saint Paul鈥檚 Cathedral.

Read by Blake Ritson
Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Allegra McIlroy