APARTHEID AND THE ARCHBISHOP (1973) - Strong Association Copy With Author's TLS

Publisher's black cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. Pictorial dust jacket.

xiii + 311pp. Illustrated with photographs.

This copy contains a typed letter signed by Alan Paton. It is addressed to Canon J. H. Hodson who served under Archbishop Geoffrey Clayton. Paton thanks Hodson for his help in providing numerous anecdotes about Bishop Clayton while he was writing the biography.

The book contains Hodson's ownership signature on the half-title page and a handwritten poem on the title page.

Geoffrey Clayton served as the influential Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg (1934–1948) and subsequently the Archbishop of Cape Town (1948–1957). During this era, Canon J.H. Hodson was a prominent clergyman under Clayton's jurisdiction, serving as a Canon of Cape Town and later as the Rector of Christ Church in Constantia, Cape Province.

Due to his firsthand experience serving under Clayton's demanding leadership during the rise of the apartheid regime, Canon Hodson became a key historical source regarding Clayton's life. He provided insights, accounts, or correspondence utilized by author Alan Paton for his definitive 1973 biography, Apartheid and the Archbishop: The Life and Times of Geoffrey Clayton.