A Field Guide to the English Clergy

'Ridiculously enjoyable' Tom Holland

A Book of the Year for The Times, Mail on Sunday and BBC History Magazine

The 'Mermaid of Morwenstow' excommunicated a cat for mousing on a Sunday. When he was late for a service, Bishop Lancelot Fleming commandeered a Navy helicopter. 'Mad Jack' swapped his surplice for leopard skin and insisted on being carried around in a coffin. And then there was the man who, like Noah's evil twin, tried to eat one of each of God's creatures...

In spite of all this they saw the church as their true calling. These portraits reveal the Anglican church in all its colourful madness.

About the author

The Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie is a clergyman who has served in London and Liverpool and the author of A Field Guide to the English Clergy, a Best Book of the Year for The Times, Mail on Sunday and BBC History, and Priests de la Resistance!, a Spectator Best Book of the Year. @_F_B_G_

Product details

• Authors: Fergus Butler-Gallie, The Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781786075741
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-574-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, HUMOR / Topic / Business & Professional, HUMOR / Topic / Religion, Humour, Religion: general, Biography: religious & spiritual, Biography: religious and spiritual, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring, Social groups: religious groups and communities