A Field Guide to the English Clergy : A Compendium of Diverse Eccentrics, Pirates, Prelates and Adventurers; All Anglican, Some Even Practising-9781786074416

A Field Guide to the English Clergy : A Compendium of Diverse Eccentrics, Pirates, Prelates and Adventurers; All Anglican, Some Even Practising

Regular price
£12.99
Sale price
£12.99
Regular price
Sold out
Unit price
per 
Tax included.

Author: Butler-Gallie, The Revd Fergus

Biography & True Stories

Published on 4 October 2018 by Oneworld Publications in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 192 pages
137 x 203 x 21 | 270g

'Ridiculously enjoyable' Tom HollandA Book of the Year for The Times, Mail on Sunday and BBC History MagazineThe 'Mermaid of Morwenstow' excommunicated a cat for mousing on a Sunday. When he was late for a service, Bishop Lancelot Fleming commandeered a Navy helicopter. 'Mad Jack' swapped his surplice for leopard skin and insisted on being carried around in a coffin. And then there was the man who, like Noah's evil twin, tried to eat one of each of God's creatures...

In spite of all this they saw the church as their true calling. These portraits reveal the Anglican church in all its colourful madness.