A Curate for All Seasons

Literature & Fiction

Secombe, Fred.

Contemporary

HarperCollins Publishers,Inc.

Pastures New

Biographies & Memoirs

Zondervan

This is an excellent value omnibus edition of the first three books in Fred Secombe's entertaining and nostalgic series. It is comprised of: How Green Was My Curate, A Curate for All Seasons and Goodbye Curate. Set in sleepy Welsh valleys at the close of the Second World War, the books cover the period of Fred's curacy in the village of Pontywen -- from inauspicious but hilarious beginnings (he falls flat on his face at his first service) through his courtship and marriage to young doctor Eleanor, to the point where he becomes a vicar. Quirky, memorable characters abound in these extremely likeable and humorous stories.

Chronicles of a Curate

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

The Changing Scenes of Life

Fount

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.

Chronicles of a Vicar

Leaders & Notable People

Two Vandals and a Wedding

Religion & Spirituality

Marshall Pickering

As we join Fred Secombe, Vicar of Abergelly, for the tenth in this series of humorous accounts of his life and ministry in South Wales, he has recently been appointed the new Rural Dean. Two Vandals and a Wedding opens with the desecration of one of the churches in Fred's parish, and another church being burned to the ground. Who would commit such horrible crimes? Fred engages the local police force to solve the mystery, but can't help getting involved in the sleuthing himself. On a lighter note, he is presented with the happy problem of finding a house for Hugh, his curate, and Hugh's bride to be.

Christian Books & Bibles

An entertaining new collection of Fred Secombe's stories of his life as a clergyman in 1950s Wales The third trilogy of this series, More Chronicles of a Vicar describes Fred's move to the new parish of Abergelly and the challenges that await him there.Pastures New opens with Fred's arrival in Abergelly, where he immediately encounters stiff opposition from his new parishioners when he puts forward plans to renovate the church and build a new church on a local housing estate. He tackles the obstacles with his usual good humour, and with the help of some unexpected allies.In The Changing Scenes of Life the new church is ready to open, but, as usual, this does not pass off without incident.Mr. Rural Dean opens with Fred three years into his life in Abergelly, and heavily involved with the local Gilbert and Sullivan Society's production of The Pirates of Penzance. Then the Rural Dean is fatally injured--could this change everything for Fred?

More Chronicles of a Vicar: Pastures New/the Changing Scenes of Life/Mister Rural Dean

Genre Fiction

Set in the sleepy Welsh Valleys at the close of World War II, these fictionalized memoirs are about an ingenuous young curate. Fred Secombe is the founder of three Gilbert & Sullivan opera companies and won the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera for "Utopia Limited" in 1968.

How Green Was My Curate

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

"How Green Was My Curate" introduced a delightful character, young Fred Secombe, who struggled to survive as an innocent curate under the eyes of a stern vicar. "A Curate For All Seasons" follows his adventures in the church, with the setting in the same idiosyncratic Welsh village.

Rogers, Maxime

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