Download or read book The Professor and the Parson written by Adam Sisman and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “amusing and elegantly written” romp takes readers on a wild ride through the life of Robert Parkin Peters (The New York Times Book Review)—a liar, bigamist, and fraudulent priest who tricked some of the brightest minds of his generation. One day in November 1958, the celebrated historian Hugh Trevor–Roper received a curious letter. It was an appeal for help, written on behalf of a student at Magdalen College, with the unlikely claim that he was being persecuted by the Bishop of Oxford. Curiosity piqued, Trevor–Roper agreed to a meeting. It was to be his first encounter with Robert Parkin Peters: plagiarist, bigamist, fraudulent priest, and imposter extraordinaire. The Professor and the Parson is a witty and charming portrait of eccentricity, extraordinary narcissism, and a life as wild and unlikely as any in fiction. Motivated not by money but by a desire for prestige, Peters lied, stole, and cheated his way to academic positions and religious posts from Cambridge to New York. Frequently deported, and even more frequently discovered, he left a trail of destruction including seven marriages (three of which were bigamous) and an investigation by the FBI. "I was captivated from start to finish by this utterly mad, and wholly delightful story of chicanery and fantasy, and which involves a man who relentlessly duped our most cherished institutions of godly pursuit and higher learning. Plus I learned how to defrock a priest, always good to have on hand in these troubling times." —Simon Winchester, author of The Perfectionists

Download or read book The Parson s Widow written by Marja-Liisa Vartio and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel from the Finnish Vartio, is set in a Finnish village during the early 20th century. The mentally unstable title character, Adele, argues with her maid, Alma, about the fire that consumed the parsonage, and soon moves on to other topics. An obsession with a set of stuffed birdsp̮assed down from the parson's uncle to the parson, to his wife and, finally, to Alma's care-serves as a major focus, with ample space devoted to addiction, sexual violence and other topics.

Download or read book The Parson s Counsellor written by Sir Simon Degge and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Parson s Daughter written by Theodore Edward Hook and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Parson s Daughter written by Theodore Hook and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-02-12 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

Download or read book From Where the Parson s Partner Sits written by Bonnie Crank and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Where the Parson's Partner Sits . . . or Hanging on by my Fingernails After centuries of church doctrine resulting in schism after schism, a rather stereotyped picture of Parson and Mrs. Parson has gradually emerged. From Where the Parson's Partner Sits is a book that tends to dispel any such lofty ideas as to the reality of Perfect Parson and Perfect Mrs. Parson. With tongue in cheek this is a behind-the-scenes, day-by-day life of Mrs. Parson, filled with humor, wit, stamina and just a bit of a jab at the equally stereotyped 'good church folk'. Who better to tell the story than a minister's wife?

Download or read book The Parson s Handbook 12th Edition written by Percy Dearmer and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-23 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Parson's Handbook, first published in 1899, is Dearmer's brotherly advice to fellow churchmen about the correct way to conduct proper and fitting English worship, concerned with general principles of ritual and ceremonial, but the emphasis is squarely on the side of art and beauty in worship. He was the author of books and pamphlets on church art and history and editor of the hymnbook Songs of Praise in 1931. The Parson's Handbook ran into many editions and he devised The English Hymnal to which composers Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst contributed. In The Parson's Handbook, Dearmer states in the introduction that his goal is to help in "remedying the lamentable confusion, lawlessness, and vulgarity which are conspicuous in the Church at this time". What follows is an exhaustive delineation, sparing no detail, of the young priest's ideas on how liturgy can be conducted in a proper Catholic and English manner.

Download or read book The Parson s Daughter of Oxney Colne written by Anthony Trollope and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a romantic novel by famed author Anthony Trollope. It is set in the town of Oxney Colne, a farming town in Devonshire. Patience is the local parson's daughter and is quite close to him as his remaining parent. But when the celebrated Captain Broughton, son of a wealthy nobleman visits, young Patience falls in love with him. All that remains is for the Captain to ask for her father's permission to marry his daughter.

Download or read book The Parson s Daughter A novel By T E H written by Theodore Edward Hook and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Parson s Counsellor with the Law of Tythes Or Tything The Fifth Edition Corrected and Much Enlarged Etc written by Sir Simon DEGGE and published by . This book was released on 1695 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Parson s Horn book By the Comet Literary and Patriotic Club Embellished with Numerous Engravings By Samuel Lover written by Comet Literary and Patriotic Club (IRELAND) and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The parson s daughter by the author of Sayings and doings By T Hook written by Theodore Edward Hook and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Parson s Parlour A Poem By a Tradesman of Oxford G S Green written by George Smith GREEN and published by . This book was released on 1756 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Parson s Nose Or the Birth Day Dinner a Comedietta in One Act and in Prose written by William Thomas MONCRIEFF (pseud. [i.e. William Thomas Thomas.]) and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Parson s Handbook written by Percy Dearmer and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book The Country Parson The Temple written by George Herbert and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Herbert (1593-1633) was an Anglican priest, poet and essayist--truly one of the most profound spiritual masters in the English tradition. His spirituality was a synthesis of Evangelical and Catholic piety.

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