Prisoner of the Vatican by David I. Kertzer | Audiobook

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Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial : https://esound.space/audible Title: Prisoner of the Vatican Author: David I. Kertzer Narrator: Alan Sklar Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 04-22-05 Publisher: Tantor Audio Genres: History, European Summary: Kertzer brings to light an untold drama played out among fascinating characters: Pope Pius IX, the most important pontiff in modern history; King Victor Emmanuel, working behind the backs of his own ministers; the dashing national hero Garibaldi; France's ill-starred Napoleon III, and many more. During this time, Italy was besieged from within and without, and Church history changed forever when the pope was declared infallible for the first time. Prisoner of the Vatican looks deep into the workings of the Church in its final bid to regain the pope's temporal power. Kertzer sweeps readers along with riveting, revelatory panache. No one who reads his new book will ever think of Italy, or the Vatican, in quite the same way again. Contact: [email protected]

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