Frederic William Farrar (Bombay, 7 August 1831 – Canterbury, 22 March 1903) was a cleric of the Church of England (Anglican), schoolteacher and author. He was a pallbearer at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882. He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles secret society. He was the Archdeacon of Westminster from 1883 to 1894, and Dean of Canterbury Cathedral from 1895 until his death in 1903.
I first read this book in 2016 and gave it 5 stars. Over the last few years I have been reading it with a discussion group, a chapter at a time, and I have not found it quite as compelling. Maybe a quicker read is better, one where I didn’t get so bogged down in the flowery prose and could take the book as a whole.