Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe (Baron Corvo, 1904) is a fantasy novel in which a failed English priest is unexpectedly elected Pope. A bitter, brilliant satire of church politics and autobiographical wish-fulfillment.
Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe (Baron Corvo, 1904) is a fantasy novel in which a failed English priest is unexpectedly elected Pope. A bitter, brilliant satire of church politics and autobiographical wish-fulfillment.