Many people think they know the story of the hymn,"Amazing Grace ... including published sheet music and personal diaries, Walvin's book is a testament to his excellence as a historian and ...

Since then, Walvin, the author of the new book “Amazing Grace ... How did that come about? The music that we associate with “Amazing Grace” today is not what people sang for 60 years ...

More than a century after that book, the song was a standard during civil rights demonstrations. In music industry circles, “Amazing Grace” is public domain. This means no one gets royalties ...

James Walvin, Professor of History Emeritus at the University of York, and author of a new book on the hymn Amazing Grace. “It is a hymn that speaks of hope and redemptions, of peace and ...