(026851) Toynbee, Arnold J. An Historian's Conscience: The Correspondence of Arnold J. Toynbee and Columba Cary-Elwes, Monk of Ampleforth. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 608 pages. Fine in Very Good DJ. DJ spine just slightly faded. Letters from the famous historian Arnold J. Toynbee that create a dramatic and unique portrait. Spanning his days as a student at Oxford in 1910 to his death in 1975, the letters chronicle Toynbee's private life and personal growth, primarily revealed in an intimate correspondence with Columba Cary-Elwes, a Benedictine monk and the teacher of his son ISBN: 0807050008