Chronicles of a Vicar - Softcover

Secombe, Fred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006281354 ISBN 13: 9780006281351

Publisher: Zondervan, 1999

Synopsis

This is the long-awaited collection of Fred Secombe's three vicar stories: Hello Vicar!, A Comedy of Clerical Errors and The Crowning Glory. Newly appointed as vicar of Pontywen in South Wales, Fred throws himself into the responsibilities his post entails. The new vicar finds himself in trouble with a curate of his own, the Reverend Barnabas Webster, a man in love with status. He gets entangled in an argument over a sermon condemning corruption in the town council; and he counsels a young organist who behaves too affectionately toward a choirboy. Fred's happy marriage to the capable doctor Eleanor is a source of comfort and hilarity, especially when the rural deanery decides to venture into sex education, with Eleanor placed in the unenviable position of giving the talk.

About this title

About the Author:

Fred Secombe was born in Swansea in 1918 and ordained in 1942. The vicar of various parishes in Wales, and a Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, he was also a founder of three Gilbert and Sullivan societies and won the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera Award for Utopia Ltd in 1968. The elder brother of the late Sir Harry Secombe, he now lives in Cardiff.

About this edition

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0006281354
• ISBN 13: 9780006281351
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 640