Frederick William Rolfe
Frederick William Rolfe
Frederick William Rolfe, also known as Baron Corvo, was born on August 27, 1860, in Clapham, London, England. An enigmatic and prolific figure, he is renowned for his eccentric personality and distinctive writing style. Throughout his life, Rolfe cultivated an air of mystery and individuality, which continues to intrigue readers and scholars alike.
Personal Name: Frederick William Rolfe
Birth: 22 July 1860
Death: 25 October 1913
Frederick William Rolfe Books
(3 Books)
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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 aristocratic pretensions (he called himself Baron Corvo), religious obsession, and anarchic and self-aggrandizing sensibility have made him known as one of the great English eccentrics. Fr. Rolfe endured a lifetime of indignities and disappointments. However, in the hilarious and touching pages of this, his finest novel, he triumphs.
