num_pages: 240
description: In 1851 Bishop Latour and his friend Father Valliant are despatched to New Mexico to reawaken its slumbering Catholicism. Moving along the endless prairies, Latour spreads his faith the only way he knows—gently, although he must contend with the unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. Over nearly 40 years, they leave converts and enemies, crosses, and occasionally ecstasy in their wake. But it takes a death for them to make their mark on the landscape forever.
language: English
title: Death Comes for the Archbishop
titlecomplete: Death Comes for the Archbishop
characters: Joseph Vaillant, Jean Marie Latour
genres: Classics, American, Historical, Religion, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, Westerns, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 36088
places: Santa Fe, New Mexico, New Mexico
awards: awardedAt: -1262275200000
name: William Dean Howells Medal
publisher: Virago UK