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In 1851 Bishop Latour and his friend Father Valliant are despatched to New Mexico to reawaken its slumbering Catholicism. Moving along the endless prairies, Latour spreads his faith the only way he knows - gently, although he must contend with the unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. Over nearly forty years, they leave converts and enemies, crosses and occasionally ecstasy in their wake. But it takes a death for them to make their mark on the landscape forever ...

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A powerful piece of writing, rich with the essence of a poor but beautiful country and a simple yet dignified people * Sunday Times *
A tremendous, ranging story, economical and distilled as poetry -- Jane Gardam
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 *
Its whole effect works slowly and mysteriously . . . a major, and rare, artistic achievement -- A. S. Byatt

Death Comes for the Archbishop

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      Publisher Hachette UK
      Published 7 September 2006
      ISBN-13 9781844083725
      978-1844083725
      ISBN-10 1844083721
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In 1851 Bishop Latour and his friend Father Valliant are despatched to New Mexico to reawaken its slumbering Catholicism. Moving along the endless prairies, Latour spreads his faith the only way he knows - gently, although he must contend with the unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. Over nearly forty years, they leave converts and enemies, crosses and occasionally ecstasy in their wake. But it takes a death for them to make their mark on the landscape forever ...

      Trade Review

      A powerful piece of writing, rich with the essence of a poor but beautiful country and a simple yet dignified people * Sunday Times *
      A tremendous, ranging story, economical and distilled as poetry -- Jane Gardam
      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 *
      Its whole effect works slowly and mysteriously . . . a major, and rare, artistic achievement -- A. S. Byatt

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