Corvo Baron: Hadrijan sedmi

Name: Hadrijan sedmi
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Author: Corvo Baron

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Author: Corvo Baron
Publisher: Bukefal
Availability: Available
Condition: Nova knjiga
Code: 81507

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Hadrijan sedmi

Corvo Baron

Summary

Baron Corvo: Hadrian the Seventh

The prologue introduces us to George Arthur Rose (a see-through doppelganger of Rolfe himself): a failed candidate for the priesthood, denied his vocation by the machinations and incompetence of the Roman Catholic church machinery, and now living alone with his little yellow cat. Rose is visited by two prominent church officials, one a cardinal archbishop. The two propose to right the wrongs done to him, ordain him as a priest and take him to Rome, where the conclave to elect a new pope has come to a standstill. When he arrives in Rome, he discovers that the cardinals were inspired to elect him pope. He accepts, and since the only previous English pope was Hadrian IV, he takes the name Hadrian VII. The novel unfolds with this unconventional, cigarette-smoking Englishman determinedly reforming the early 20th century Church and world, despite the inevitable opposition of the established Roman Catholic hierarchy, rewarding his friends and defeating his enemies; he generally gets his way through charm or persistence. His short reign ends when he is killed by a Scot, or perhaps an Ulsterman, and the world breathes a sigh of relief.

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