The Rector of Veilbye

by Steen Steensen Blicher

The classic Danish thriller dubbed 'The First Crime Novel.'

The trial of Pastor S ren Jensen Quist of Vejlby took place at Aarhus in 1626. The trial centered around the unexplained disappearance in 1607 of a farm laborer named Jesper Hovgaard who was employed at Pastor Quist's rectory. Fifteen years later, in 1622, human remains were unearthed on the grounds of the rectory. The bones were believed to belong to Hovgaard and word soon spread that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500384755
• ISBN13: 9781500384753
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"