Hadrian the Seventh

Frederick William Rolfe (1860 – 1913) was an eccentric English writer, artist, and photographer who dreamed about a post of a priest. After unsuccessful attempts to get a cleric education, he entered the circle of Duchess Sforza Cesarini, who, as he claimed, adopted him as a grandson and gave him the use of the title of "Baron Corvo," which he used as a pseudonym. He authored several novels, which...