Death Comes for the Archbishop
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Prologue: At Rome Book 1: The Cruciform Tree Book 1: Hidden Water Book 1: The Bishop Chez Lui Book 1: A Bell and a Miracle Book 2: The White Mules Book 2: The Lonely Road to Mora Book 3: The Wooden Parrot Book 3: Jacinto Book 3: The Rock Book 3: The Legend of Fray Baltazar Book 4: The Night at Pecos Book 4: Stone Lips Book 5: The Old Order Book 5: The Miser Book 6: Don Antonio Book 6: The Lady Book 7: The Month of Mary Book 7: December Night Book 7: Spring in the Navajo Country Book 7: Eusabio Book 8: Cathedral Book 8: A Letter from Leavenworth Book 8: Auspice Maria! Book 9: Chapter 1 Book 9: Chapter 2 Book 9: Chapter 3 Book 9: Chapter 4 Book 9: Chapter 5 Book 9: Chapter 6 Book 9: Chapter 7 Book 9: Chapter 8
Themes
All Themes Spirituality vs. the Material World Friendship and Compromise Humanity’s Relationship with Nature Colonialism, Industry, and Loss Memory, Death, and Afterlives
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Characters
All Characters Jean-Marie Latour Joseph Vaillant Jacinto Eusabio Manuelito Antonio Jose Martínez Marino Lucero Trinidad Antonio Olivares Isabella Olivares Inez Olivares Kit Carson Señora Carson Magdalena Buck Scales Manuel Lujon Bernard Ducrot Baltazar Montoya Father Gallegos Father Jesus Garcia Maria de Allande Father Ferrand Philomène Boyd O’Reilly Manuel Chavez Zeb Orchard Ramon Armonjillo Father Junipero Sada Benito Molny
Terms
All Terms Bishop/Archbishop Cardinal Cassock Diocese/Vicariate The Gadsden Purchase Provincial Council of Baltimore Sacrament Vicar
Symbols
All Symbols Fruit Trees Angelica and Contento Stones and Rock Formations The Cruciform Tree
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Pathos Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone
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Death Comes for the Archbishop

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Willa Cather
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