The Great Unfrocked : Two Thousand Years Of Church Scandal

United Kingdom: Robson Books. Very Good in Fine Dust Jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. 266 pages: 6.5 x 9.5 in.: 2: KB#003249: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. "Runaway bishops and naughty vicars are a staple of today's tabloid newspapers, but he reveals in The Great Unfrocked, they're only part of the tradition of colourful clerics dating back centuries. From Judas Iscariot to the Reverend Roger Holmes, the self-declared 'knicker vicar of North Yorkshire', disciples, bishops and parsons have been falling from grace. This entertaining and informative book, successor to the best-selling Great Parliamentary Scandals, brings to light some of the most unusual tales. Along the way we learn the secrets behind St George, currently patron saint of England, but formerly bacon seller to the Egyptian army; and behind Pope Joan, exposed as a woman before a crowd of thousands when she gave birth riding a horse. ... And we discover what drove the notorious Rector of Stiffkey, the 'prostitutes' padre', who exhibited himself in a barrel on Blackpool promenade and died denouncing the Archbishop of Canterbury in the jaws of Freddie the circus lion in Skegness. " Copy has bookplate on front flyleaf. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. .