Hadrian the Seventh

Hadrian the Seventh: A Romance (sometimes called Hadrian VII) is a 1904 novel by the English novelist Frederick Rolfe, who wrote under the pseudonym "Baron Corvo".

Hadrian the Seventh
Title page of first edition
AuthorFrederick Rolfe (Baron Corvo)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPapacy, Catholic Church
PublisherChatto & Windus
Publication date
1904
Pages413
OCLC1216758
823.912
LC ClassPR5236 .R27
Preceded byStories Toto Told Me 
Followed byNicholas Crabbe 

Rolfe's best-known work, this novel of extreme wish-fulfilment developed out of an article he wrote on the Papal Conclave to elect the successor to Pope Leo XIII.

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