The Whiston Matter..
Bound in original maroon cloth, gilt in pictorial price clipped dust wrapper. Extremities a little worn but otherwise a good, ex-Kent County Library, copy.
£10.00
Publisher
Rupert Hart Davis, Soho Square,
Place
London
Date
1961
Synopsis
The reverend robert whiston versus the dean and chapter of rochester.
Item Description
8vo. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 213 pp. + [1]. Half title.
Illustrations
Illustrated by portrait frontispiece and four other black and white plates.
Notes
The plot of Trollope's 'The Warden' was based on this Victorian clerical scandal, 1848-53, involving the Headmaster of Rochester Cathedral Grammar School and the Dean and Chapter.
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