In 1793 William Carey - universally regarded as the "father of mothern missions" - sailed from Dover to Calcutta to begin the most celebrated forty years in the annals of missionary achievement.

Sustained through early years of privation and heartache, Carey - together with the collegues who joined him - not only accomplished more than any missionary before or since, but by his example lit a fire of missionary zeal through all the Christian churches of Britain and America.

This outstanding biography "towers like an o'ertopping alp above the other records". S. Pierce Carey, distinguished great-grandson of the missionary, was a "master of the biographical craft". Here he movingly unfolds the Carey story to display the man, and also the wonderful providences of God that led him throughout his remarkable labours.