Sins Of The Fathers: An Anthology of Clerical Crime (Gollancz crime)

Sins Of The Fathers: An Anthology of Clerical Crime (Gollancz crime)

by Mark Bryant (Author)

Synopsis

This collection of tales of crime, mystery and detection, involve every one of the seven deadly sins, committed by or against the clergy. Murder, suicide, exorcism, lust, hidden treasure, ghosts - all are portrayed by writers as diverse as Le Fanu, Chesterton, Chekhov, E.F. Benson, and Saki.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 246
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 24 Oct 1996

ISBN 10: 057506384X
ISBN 13: 9780575063846

Author Bio
Mark Bryant was born in Dorset and is a philosophy graduate of London University. He also has a PhD in history from the University of Kent. After a number of years in book publishing he turned freelance, working as an editor, writer and exhibition curator. He is the author of several books -- including Dictionary of Riddles (Special Commendation in Best Specialist Reference Book Awards 1990), Literary Hymns, Dictionary of British Cartoonists and Caricaturists 1730-1980 (with S. Heneage) and Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Cartoonists and Caricaturists. He lives in south-west London.