Timeline
Lifetime:
1860 -
1913
Passed: ≈
111 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Frederick
Books by Frederick
Hadrian the Seventh
Satire
Fiction
Philosophy
Catholicism
social commentary
Political Intrigue
Political satire
British humor
Fictional Pope
Church Corruption
Religious Power
Spiritual Crisis
20th Century Literature
Papacy
Hadrian the Seventh is a satirical novel by Frederick Rolfe, first published in 1904. It tells the story of George Arthur Rose, an English Catholic priest who is elected Pope and takes the name Hadrian VII. Hadrian's election is a shock to the world,...