The Power and the Glory: John Ross and the Evangelisation of Manchuria and Korea

In the opening sentence of his preface, the author clears up the question of whether this is an autobiography (no) or an account written by a relative of the subject (also no). ‘John Rosses [are] two-a-penny’ in his part of Scotland, he tells us. But John Stuart Ross the author provides a valuable, challenging, and encouraging biography of his 19th century namesake.