Paupers and Pig Killers


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On 3rd September 1770, the Revd William Holland took possession of the Vicarage and Parish church of Overstowey in Somerset. He kept a diary throughout his tenancy, in which he recorded the comings and goings of village life. The people of the time are brought vividly to life, such as Revd Holland's servant Charles, who might still have retained his employees favour after being caught with the parlourmaid, had he not compound his mischief by sodomizing the sheep.







The Diary of a Country Parson, 1758-1802


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A literary classic and a unique social portrait of 18th century english village life.







The Country Parson ; The Temple


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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.







In Pharaoh's Army


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Whether he is evoking the blind carnage of the Tet offensive, the theatrics of his fellow Americans, or the unraveling of his own illusions, Wolff brings to this work the same uncanny eye for detail, pitiless candor and mordant wit that made This Boy's Life a modern classic.




The Pope's Elephant


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Examines the court of Pope Leo X in sixteenth-century Rome, and discusses the popularity of the Pope's white elephant, Hanno, a gift from the king of Portugal.