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Death Comes for the Archbishop

by Willa Cather · 1732

Historical Fiction · ranked #13 in category

In 1851 French Bishop Latour and his friend Father Valliant are dispatched to New Mexico to reawaken its slumbering Catholicism. Moving along the endless prairies, Latour spreads his faith the only wa

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Category
Historical Fiction
First published
1732 · 1730s
Author
Willa Cather
Standing
Recommended

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