Prisoner Of The Vatican: The Popes' Secret Plot To Capture Rome From The New Italian State - Rilegato

Kertzer, David I.

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ISBN 10: 0618224424 ISBN 13: 9780618224425

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005

Riassunto

Draws on previously unknown documents from the Vatican archives to detail a late-nineteenth-century plot on the part of Pope Pius IX and his successor, Leo XIII, to block the unification of Italy and to seize control of Rome and the Papal States, in a colorful history marked by such key individuals as the two pontiffs, Italy's national hero Garibaldi, King Victor Emmanuel, and France's Napoleon III.

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Recensione:

"Kertzer. . .offers history writing at its best, and provides insight into a little-known chapter in religious and political history." Publishers Weekly, Starred

"A rousing tale of clerical skullduggery and topsy-turvy politcs, laced with plenty of cross-border intrigue." Kirkus Reviews, Starred

L'autore:

David I. Kertzer is the author of, among other books, Prisoner of the Vatican, The Popes Against the Jews, and The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, winner of the National Jewish Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Award. He is provost of Brown University and professor of anthropology and Italian studies.

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0618224424
• ISBN 13: 9780618224425
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 357