The Flying Inn

Like many of Chesterton's works, The Flying Inn is a humorous, satirical romp that conceals beneath a playful exterior important and thoughtful philosophical insights on religion, the nature of the state, political oversight and authority, and the roots of human liberty. The rollicking story follows the adventures of two friends one a humble English innkeeper and the other a boisterous Irish soldier, who go on the lam to escape a tyrannical decree prohibiting the sale of alcohol. They are pursued across the countryside, dispensing good cheer (and rum) wherever they alight and finally succee…