Willa Cather 
Death Comes for the Archbishop 

When Jean-Baptiste Lamy and Joseph Projectus Machebeuf accept a commission to establish a Catholic diocese in New Mexico, they know they are in for a few trials.’Death Comes for the Archbishop‘ is an enchanting story that is part travelogue and part adventure, with flashes of the Wild West thrown in, as the territory the main characters get to explore is pretty wild, rugged, and challenging. This evocative novel sweeps across New Mexico, dealing with religion, the ill-treatment of native people, death and hypocrisy.This book is ideal for fans of Graham Greene’s ‚The Power and the Glory‘ and of Cormac Mc Carthy.-