Robin Bruce Lockhart (1920-2008) was a writer and retired newspaper executive. He was also the editor of Listening to Silence: An Anthology of Carthusian Writings.

• ContentsList of Illustrations   ixAuthor's Note to the New Edition   xiIntroduction   xiiiPART ONEI  Patres Nostri   3II  The Call of the Desert   12III  The Recluse in Europe   21IV  John Cassian, Tower of David   24PART TWOV  St Bruno, Founder of the Carthusians   31VI  From St Bruno to the Reformation   37VII  From the Reformation to the Twentieth Century   47VIII  Life in a Charterhouse: The Fathers   55IX  Life in a Charterhouse: The Brothers   62X  The Carthusian Nuns   67XI  Who Joins the Carthusians and How   74XII  La Grande Chartreuse   84XIII  Offspring of La Grande Chartreuse   91XIV  A Charterhouse in the New World   105XV  The Carthusian Order: Organisation and Management   110XVI   Carthusian Spirituality: A Summary   120PART THREEXVII  Contemplation for All   131XVIII Wisdom Beyond Understanding   142APPENDICES1  Pope John Paul II's Message to the Carthusians on their 900th Anniversary   1532  Timetable of a Day in the Life of a Carthusian Father   1583  The Charterhouses in 1999   1604  Bibliography and Further Reading   162Index   166

Exhales a sweet serenity reminding us of the complex atrributes and simple rewards of silence and solitude.The New York Times