August 26th 2010 begins a year of celebrations marking the centenary of Mother Teresa’s birth. Two wonderfully inspiring colour-illustrated books help mark this important anniversary including the words of Malcolm Muggeridge who was responsible for first bringing Mother Teresa to the attention of the world.

Something Beautiful for God

by Malcolm Muggeridge

In 1969, Malcolm Muggeridge travelled to Calcutta to make a BBC documentary about Mother Teresa. Muggeridge was immediately impressed on his first meeting with her and his resulting documentary, ‘Something Beautiful for God’, brought Mother Teresa to the attention of the world’s media and public. Following the trip, Muggeridge wrote this book (originally published in 1971), which combines his reflections about Mother Teresa, her work and the time he spent with her, quotes from Mother Teresa on a wide range of topics and an in-depth interview between Mother Teresa and Muggeridge. Out of print for 15 years, this revised hardback edition is now fully colour illustrated throughout and includes a new foreword by Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor.

Well-loved broadcaster Malcolm Muggeridge worked as a journalist for many years on The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Calcutta Statesman, The Evening Standard and Punch. He died in 1990 at the age of 87. Biography, hardback (190mm x 150mm), 160pp, 978 0 7459 5338 0, £9.99, 20 February 2009

Mother Teresa: Faith In Darkness

by Greg Watts

Greg Watts has written one of the first biographies of Mother Teresa since the publication in August 2007 of her private letters and diaries, which revealed that this remarkable woman – whom many saw as a living saint with a hotline to God – actually struggled with ‘that terrible emptiness, that feeling of absence of God’ (in her own words). Watts traces her life, her work and her lasting legacy, examining her weaknesses as well as her strengths and achievements. Colour and black and white photographs throughout, including many close-up images of Mother Teresa, help to bring the world and work of this internationally famous woman vividly to life.

Greg Watts is a journalist and writer who also runs Fruit of the Vine Media in London. His books include Labourer in the Vineyard: A Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI, also published by Lion.
Biography, flexiback (216mm x 138mm), 192pp, 978 0 7459 5283 3, £10.99, 20 February 2009

For more information about these books please contact Leisa Nugent (;leisan@lionhudson.com, direct tel. 01865 302742).