Rakuten Kobo

Shopping Cart

Item(s) unavailable for purchase

Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

itemsitem

- Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  Audiobook
  by ,
  
  Available:
  
  . No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.
  
  Pre-order
  1 audiobook monthly
  
  + FREE 30-day trial
  
  Special Offer
  
  Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE

itemsitem

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
Audiobook
by ,

Available:
. No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.

Pre-order
1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Special Offer

Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE

Recommended For You

Skip side bar filters

Hadrian the Seventh

by Frederick Rolfe ...

In "Hadrian the Seventh," Frederick Rolfe crafts a rich narrative blending autobiography, fiction, and theological exploration within the framework of a fantastical papacy. The novel follows the protagonist, an English writer named Father Hadrian, who unexpectedly ascends to the papal throne after a series of surreal, dreamlike events. Rolfe's lush prose is imbued with vivid imagery and complex ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In "Hadrian the Seventh," Frederick Rolfe crafts a rich narrative blending autobiography, fiction, and theological exploration within the framework of a fantastical papacy. The novel follows the protagonist, an English writer named Father Hadrian, who unexpectedly ascends to the papal throne after a series of surreal, dreamlike events. Rolfe's lush prose is imbued with vivid imagery and complex
... Read more
Hadrian the Seventh (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Historical Novel

by Frederick Rolfe, Phoebe Iverleigh ...

Frederick Rolfe's Hadrian the Seventh (1904) is a singular fantasy of ecclesiastical power, psychological revenge, and spiritual self-fashioning. Its hero, George Arthur Rose, an impoverished Englishman denied the priesthood, is unexpectedly elevated to the papacy and becomes Hadrian VII. Written in a richly mannered, baroque prose, the novel mingles Catholic ceremonial, political speculation, ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Frederick Rolfe's Hadrian the Seventh (1904) is a singular fantasy of ecclesiastical power, psychological revenge, and spiritual self-fashioning. Its hero, George Arthur Rose, an impoverished Englishman denied the priesthood, is unexpectedly elevated to the papacy and becomes Hadrian VII. Written in a richly mannered, baroque prose, the novel mingles Catholic ceremonial, political speculation,
... Read more
The Weird of the Wanderer

Being the Papyrus Records of Some Incidents in One of the Previous Lives of Mr. Nicholas Crabbe

by Frederick Rolfe, C.H.C. Pirie-Gordon ...

When an archaeological dig in Armenia uncovers the undisturbed tomb of King Balthazar of ancient Moxoene, the find is extraordinary enough—but among the relics are a Smith & Wesson revolver and Victorian coins, impossible anachronisms that hint at something stranger still. Within the tomb lies a cache of thirty-four papyri, and the story they tell defies all reason.The papyri are the records of ... Read more

$4.99 CAD

When an archaeological dig in Armenia uncovers the undisturbed tomb of King Balthazar of ancient Moxoene, the find is extraordinary enough—but among the relics are a Smith & Wesson revolver and Victorian coins, impossible anachronisms that hint at something stranger still. Within the tomb lies a cache of thirty-four papyri, and the story they tell defies all reason.The papyri are the records of
... Read more
Chronicles of the House of Borgia

by Frederick Rolfe ...

Once upon a time, Caesars were masters of the world; and the genius of Divus Julius, of Divus Augustus, was worshipped everywhere on altars. There are Cesarini at this day in Rome, cosa grande ch’ il sole, masters of wide domains, but not of empires. Once upon time, Buonaparte held Europe in its grip. Buonaparte at this day keeps exile in Muscovy or Flanders. Once upon a time, the Sforza were ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Once upon a time, Caesars were masters of the world; and the genius of Divus Julius, of Divus Augustus, was worshipped everywhere on altars. There are Cesarini at this day in Rome, cosa grande ch’ il sole, masters of wide domains, but not of empires. Once upon time, Buonaparte held Europe in its grip. Buonaparte at this day keeps exile in Muscovy or Flanders. Once upon a time, the Sforza were
... Read more
Hadrian the Seventh

by Frederick Rolfe ...

Series series Classics To Go
One day George Arthur Rose, hack writer and minor priest, discovers that he has been picked to be Pope. He is hardly surprised and not in the least daunted. "The previous English pontiff was Hadrian the Fourth," he declares. "The present English pontiff is Hadrian the Seventh. It pleases Us; and so, by Our own impulse, We command."Hadrian is conceived in the image of his creator, Fr. Rolfe, whose ... Read more

$3.12 CAD

One day George Arthur Rose, hack writer and minor priest, discovers that he has been picked to be Pope. He is hardly surprised and not in the least daunted. "The previous English pontiff was Hadrian the Fourth," he declares. "The present English pontiff is Hadrian the Seventh. It pleases Us; and so, by Our own impulse, We command."Hadrian is conceived in the image of his creator, Fr. Rolfe, whose
... Read more
Hadrian The Seventh

by Frederick Rolfe ...

George Arthur Rose aspired to the priesthood, but after being much abused and taken advantage of for many years by his Catholic brothers, he finds himself disillusioned with humanity. But just as the secret conclave in Rome is deadlocked in the election of the next Pope, he finds himself rediscovered. A compromise in the election results in Rose being chosen for the office, and he styles himself ... Read more

$0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

George Arthur Rose aspired to the priesthood, but after being much abused and taken advantage of for many years by his Catholic brothers, he finds himself disillusioned with humanity. But just as the secret conclave in Rome is deadlocked in the election of the next Pope, he finds himself rediscovered. A compromise in the election results in Rose being chosen for the office, and he styles himself
... Read more
The Weird of the Wanderer

Restored Classics to Go Edition

by Frederick Rolfe ...

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. The Weird of the Wanderer opens as an eccentric, mock-scholarly fantasy, framed by papyrus records from one of Nicholas Crabbe's former lives and introduced with learned dedications, classical epigraphs, and a playful air of antiquity. What begins as an archaeological report from Armenia soon becomes stranger than ... Read more

$3.99 CAD

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. The Weird of the Wanderer opens as an eccentric, mock-scholarly fantasy, framed by papyrus records from one of Nicholas Crabbe's former lives and introduced with learned dedications, classical epigraphs, and a playful air of antiquity. What begins as an archaeological report from Armenia soon becomes stranger than
... Read more
Hadrian the Seventh

by Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo ...

“It is extraordinarily alive … The book remains a clear and definite book of our epoch, not to be swept aside.” – D.H. Lawrence“One of the most extraordinary achievements in English literature.” – A.J.A. Symons“Frederick Rolfe alias Baron Corvo is certainly one of the most fascinating of those various literary curiosities of England.” – Saturday ReviewFrederick William Rolfe, who styled himself ... Read more

$3.99 CAD

“It is extraordinarily alive … The book remains a clear and definite book of our epoch, not to be swept aside.” – D.H. Lawrence“One of the most extraordinary achievements in English literature.” – A.J.A. Symons“Frederick Rolfe alias Baron Corvo is certainly one of the most fascinating of those various literary curiosities of England.” – Saturday ReviewFrederick William Rolfe, who styled himself
... Read more
Hadrian the Seventh

by Frederick Rolfe ...

'If there be one place in all this orb of earth where a secret is a Secret, that place is a Roman Conclave'Part novel, part daydream, part diatribe, this strange masterpiece tells the story of George Arthur Rose, a poor, frustrated writer who lives in a shabby bedsit, saving his cigarette ends and eating soup - until one day he is made Pope. As the first English pontiff in five centuries, he is a ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

'If there be one place in all this orb of earth where a secret is a Secret, that place is a Roman Conclave'Part novel, part daydream, part diatribe, this strange masterpiece tells the story of George Arthur Rose, a poor, frustrated writer who lives in a shabby bedsit, saving his cigarette ends and eating soup - until one day he is made Pope. As the first English pontiff in five centuries, he is a
... Read more
Don Tarquinio

by Fr. Rolfe, Baron Corvo, Frederick Rolfe ...

“[F]antastic and altogether striking . . . brilliant . . . the effect of the whole is of undoubted skill. There is an altogether remarkable mastery over words, an altogether notable ability to enter into the ruling spirit of the period, a decided power of consistent characterisation. … It is a full-blooded book—full, too, of the joy of life.” – The Outlook“It has the irresponsible high spirits of ... Read more

$3.49 CAD

“[F]antastic and altogether striking . . . brilliant . . . the effect of the whole is of undoubted skill. There is an altogether remarkable mastery over words, an altogether notable ability to enter into the ruling spirit of the period, a decided power of consistent characterisation. … It is a full-blooded book—full, too, of the joy of life.” – The Outlook“It has the irresponsible high spirits of
... Read more
Hadrian the Seventh (Historical Novel)

Enriched edition. Papal Intrigue, Vatican Politics, and a Convert's Ambition in 20th-Century Rome

by Frederick Rolfe ...

In "Hadrian the Seventh," Frederick Rolfe masterfully weaves a narrative that explores themes of ambition, spirituality, and the human condition through the lens of a fictionalized papacy. The novel, rich with baroque language and vivid imagery, immerses readers in the intricacies of early 20th-century ecclesiastical politics and the personal struggles of its protagonist, George Arthur Rose, who ... Read more

$1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In "Hadrian the Seventh," Frederick Rolfe masterfully weaves a narrative that explores themes of ambition, spirituality, and the human condition through the lens of a fictionalized papacy. The novel, rich with baroque language and vivid imagery, immerses readers in the intricacies of early 20th-century ecclesiastical politics and the personal struggles of its protagonist, George Arthur Rose, who
... Read more
Hadrian the Seventh (Summarized Edition)

Enriched edition. An English Pope's spiritual ascent amid conclave drama: divine inspiration, church machinations, and Vatican politics in a religious fantasy

by Frederick Rolfe, Owen Kelly, Owen Kelly ...

First published in 1904, Hadrian the Seventh imagines the thwarted Englishman George Arthur Rose unexpectedly elected pope and, as Hadrian VII, reforming Church and world with dazzling audacity. Rolfe's baroque, liturgy-saturated prose fuses satire, revenge fantasy, and punctilious canon-law detail. The novel stands between fin-de-siècle decadence and early modernism, anticipating autofiction and ... Read more

$2.99 CAD

First published in 1904, Hadrian the Seventh imagines the thwarted Englishman George Arthur Rose unexpectedly elected pope and, as Hadrian VII, reforming Church and world with dazzling audacity. Rolfe's baroque, liturgy-saturated prose fuses satire, revenge fantasy, and punctilious canon-law detail. The novel stands between fin-de-siècle decadence and early modernism, anticipating autofiction and
... Read more

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in Canada

Classics To Go

Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment

Hadrian the Seventh

Hadrian the Seventh (Annotated)

The Weird of the Wanderer

Chronicles of the House of Borgia

Hadrian the Seventh

Hadrian The Seventh

The Weird of the Wanderer

Hadrian the Seventh

Hadrian the Seventh

Don Tarquinio

Hadrian the Seventh (Historical Novel)

Hadrian the Seventh (Summarized Edition)

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in Canada

Classics To Go

Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment

Show: