Hadrian the Seventh

"Hadrian the Seventh" is a captivating novel by Frederick Rolfe that intertwines themes of faith, identity, and divine calling within a richly textured narrative. The book employs Rolfe's distinctive literary style, characterized by lush, baroque prose that evokes the opulence of a bygone era. Set in a fantastical alternate reality where the protagonist, a failed novelist named George Arthur Rose,...