Miracle on Brunswick Street: The Story of St George's Round Church and the Little Dutch Church

David E. Kemp, a former professor of drama at Queen’s University, is
the author of The Pleasures and Treasures of the United Kingdom.

Elizabeth Pacey is the award-winning author of 10 books, including
Georgian Halifax and Historic Halifax.

Miracle on Brunswick Street tells the story of the earliest groups of
German settlers in Canada and the two churches they inspired. The first
was the Little Dutch Church, almost a replica of the church in a German
village from where many of the settlers hailed, and its successor, St.
George’s Round Church, wonderfully ambitious and audacious in its
design and one of North America’s great works of architecture.
Meticulously researched and profusely illustrated, Pacey’s book
seamlessly blends historical fact with lively anecdotes and
personalities to reveal the human story behind these churches.

St. George’s Round Church survived both external challenges (two
world wars, two major explosions, epidemics, shipwreck, urban renewal,
pestilence and fire) and internal struggles (liturgy vs. evangelism,
demolition vs. preservation, authority vs. democracy, tolerance vs.
homophobia). The story of this church transcends the history of the
structure, becoming a microcosm of Halifax itself. This engaging book
cannot be recommended too highly.