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Hadrian the Seventh

By Frederick Rolfe

Hadrian the Seventh Contemporary literature

Hadrian the Seventh

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'If there be one place in all this orb of earth where a secret is a Secret, that place is a Roman Conclave' Part novel, part daydream, part diatribe, this strange masterpiece tells the story of George Arthur Rose, a poor, frustrated writer who lives in a shabby bedsit, saving his cigarette ends and eating soup - until one day he is made Pope. As the first English pontiff in five centuries, he is a mass of contradictions: infallible and petulant, humble and despotic. Yet Hadrian the Seventh is really a knowing self-portrait of its flamboyant author Baron Corvo, a would-be priest with aristocratic pretensions, and one of the greatest eccentrics of English literature.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
368
Release Date:
2018-02-22
Publication Date:
2018-02-22
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0241313023
ISBN13:
9780241313022
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
266 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
197 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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