In this ambitious book Gunstone tells the story of Anglo-Catholicism in its heyday between the wars. This was the period of the congresses beginning in 1920 and concluding with the centenary of the Oxford Movement in 1933. The huge rallies in London and the provinces attracted many thousands to hear uplifting lectures by prominent clergy and academics, and to share in forms of worship – such as non-receiving high mass and outdoor processions – which had hitherto been the preserve of exotic ritualists. Under the leadership of Fr Marcus Atlay of St Matthew's, Westminster, and a number of colonial bishops (most famously Frank Weston of Zanzibar), through the Congress Movement and its related activities (such as the Fiery Cross evangelistic campaign), Anglo-Catholicism appeared to enter the mainstream of the Church of England. The author is broad in his scope: he seeks to outline the different nuances of Anglo-Catholicism, its relationship to the wider Church and society, as well as its many colourful personalities. The bulk of the book is a paraphrase of the many addresses given at the congresses, which bear witness to the power of oratory (as well as to the different boredom threshold in a pre-television generation). While entertaining and at times nostalgic, the book has virtually no analysis, which makes it heavy going. It fails to assess the key issues of Anglo-Catholicism such as counter-cultural sectarian identity, the social psychology of spectacle and mass rallies, as well as the longer-term impact of the movement. The book is overlong and too wide-ranging and would have benefited from significant editing as well as a more detailed discussion of the congresses themselves. Ultimately it may well have been the Parish Communion Movement and Vatican II that proved far more influential on Anglicanism than the faintly ridiculous battles for benediction of the 1920s.