A troubled, sometimes violent drinker, Lowry lived his life on the edge--then wrote about it.

Admired by Leo Tolstoy from the last century to Lewis Mumford in our own, Peter Kropotkin's works were ahead of their time.

"All women together ought to let flowers fall on the tomb of Aphra Behn, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds."--Virginia Woolf "A valuable introduction to this remarkable woman who was a pioneer feminist, free spirit, liberated woman and professional writer during the Restoration."--"Ottawa Citizen"

"The author critiques such international figures as Alexander Herzen, Peter Kropotkin, Ignazio Silone, Arthur Koestler, Kafka and Proudhon.... The book indeed provides a good background to the intellectual development of one of the most prominent Canadian humanist voices.... Well worth the read."--"The Humanist in Canada"