Walpole, Hugh

The Inquisitor: A Novel

London / Edinburgh: Macmillan and Co., Limited / R. & R. Clark, Limited, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Item #2330195

First edition. Book spine faded, edges foxed.

xii, 619 pp. Jacket depicts Walpole's fictional cathedral city of Polchester. A novel by the prolific British novelist, following The Cathedral which was also set in Polchester, with several recurring characters, most notably Canon Ronder. Walpole again explores the conflict of the spiritual and material worlds, with the plot focusing on the disappearance of a prominent citizen.

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