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A portrait of an enduring friendship, from one of America’s most celebrated novelists.

‘Quite simply a masterpiece’ Daily Telegraph

Two priests are despatched from Rome to New Mexico to reinvigorate Catholicism among the locals, knowing little of the challenges that await them. Over almost four decades they encounter a rich variety of people, from rebellious Mexican priests to steadfast Native Americans uninterested in changing their longstanding customs.

‘Its whole effect works slowly and mysteriously ... a major, and rare, artistic achievement’ AS Byatt



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Its whole effect works slowly and mysteriously ... a major, and rare, artistic achievement -- A. S. Byatt
Quite simply a masterpiece . . . I am completely bowled over by it; by the power of its writing, by the vividness of its scene painting and by the stories it tells...This is a book which I go on rereading. -- A. N. Wilson * Daily Telegraph *

Death Comes for the Archbishop

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 5 September 2019
      ISBN-13 9781784874452
      978-1784874452
      ISBN-10 1784874450
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      Classics Religious & Spiritual Fiction Books by Willa Cather

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A portrait of an enduring friendship, from one of America’s most celebrated novelists.

      ‘Quite simply a masterpiece’       Daily Telegraph

      Two priests are despatched from Rome to New Mexico to reinvigorate Catholicism among the locals, knowing little of the challenges that await them. Over almost four decades they encounter a rich variety of people, from rebellious Mexican priests to steadfast Native Americans uninterested in changing their longstanding customs.

      ‘Its whole effect works slowly and mysteriously ... a major, and rare, artistic achievement’ AS Byatt



      Trade Review
      Its whole effect works slowly and mysteriously ... a major, and rare, artistic achievement -- A. S. Byatt
      Quite simply a masterpiece . . . I am completely bowled over by it; by the power of its writing, by the vividness of its scene painting and by the stories it tells...This is a book which I go on rereading. -- A. N. Wilson * Daily Telegraph *

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