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".
Title page of first edition | |
Author | Frederick Rolfe (Baron Corvo) |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Subject | Papacy, Catholic Church |
Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Publication date | 1904 |
Pages | 413 |
OCLC | 1216758 |
823.912 | |
LC Class | PR5236 .R27 |
Preceded by | Stories Toto Told Me |
Followed by | Nicholas 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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