DANGEROUS PRECINCTS. The Mystery of the Wakeford Case.
Author: Treherne (John)
Year: 1987
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Edition Details: 1st Edn.
Book Condition: F/NrF
ISBN: 9780224023788
Price: £7.00
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Hardback. Few people today can remember John Wakeford, the handsome, upright Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral, but in 1920 his name was at the centre of scandal and intrigue - in an age of post-Victorian hypocrisy, he stood accused of immorality. It was alleged that he had slept with a woman not once but on two occasions at the Bull Hotel in Peterborough while supposedly on Church business. There was only one witness who could clear his name - the elusive 'Girl in the Cathedral' - but she failed to come forward and testify. Who was this mysterious woman and why did she fail to save the archdeacon from his tragic descent into hell..? Illus.+ Bibliog. 192pp. 8vo. h/back. F. in Nr. F. dw.