Death Comes for the Archbishop (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Willa Cather
- First Published: 1927
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: Last half of the nineteenth century
- Setting: New Mexico and Arizona
- Principal Characters: Bishop Jean Marie Latour, Father Joseph Vaillant, Kit Carson, Jacinto
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction, Character study
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Missions or missionaries, Religion, Southwest, Catholics or Catholic Church, Mexico or Mexicans, Clergy, Priests, Deserts, Frontier or pioneer life, Religious life, Cathedrals
- Locales: Canada, Arizona, New Mexico, Southwest (U.S.)
The Story:
In 1851, Father Jean Marie Latour reached Santa Fé, where he was to become Vicar Apostolic of New Mexico. His journey from the shores of Lake Ontario had been long and arduous. He had lost his belongings in a shipwreck at Galveston and had suffered painful injury in a wagon accident at San Antonio. When he arrived, accompanied by his good friend Father Joseph Vaillant, the Mexican priests refused to recognize his authority. He had no choice but to ride three thousand miles into Mexico to secure the necessary papers from the bishop of Durango.
On the road, he...
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