To Kill The Pope

Author : Tad Szulc
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501107788

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To Kill The Pope by Tad Szulc Pdf

From the author of Pope John Paul II: A Biography comes a chillingly authentic conspiracy thriller based on actual, never-before-revealed facts surrounding the assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II. “One moment, the white-clad figure, holding on to the iron bar at the back seat of the white Jeep with the left hand, was blessing the faithful in a slow, circular motion of the right hand as the vehicle advanced gently through the human mass filling St. Peter's Square in the Vatican under the azure-blue sky of the May afternoon. The next moment, the figure in white was slumped, seemingly lifeless, in a pool of crimson blood sloshing in the rear of the Jeep...” In May 1981, in the middle of the slow tour among pilgrims on St. Peter's Square, Gregory XVII, the beloved but often controversial French pope, is shot at close range. The would-be assassin is quickly caught and identifies himself as Agca Circlic, a Turk belonging to a terrorist group. But the recovering Gregory XVII—who has both deep faith and a philosophical turn of mind—is not satisfied with Circlic's arrest and sets out to discover who really wants him dead. He arranges to recruit Tim Savage, an American Jesuit and former CIA case officer, who soon discovers that the plot to kill the Pope originated not in the Middle East but very close to home. To Kill the Pope is a fictional treatment of the real-life assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. In the course of researching his acclaimed biography of the Pope, Tad Szulc uncovered the truth about the conspiracy. The fictional format was chosen because, out of deference to his top-level sources, he could not reveal real names or disclose specific details. This information—including actual CIA testimony before United States Senate committees, the Agency's internal reports, French Secret Service involvements, and findings by Italian courts and Interpol—forms the basis for a shocking thriller that sheds new light on a key event in recent history.

Author : Paul B. Henze
Publisher : Scribner Book Company
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081469244

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The Plot to Kill the Pope by Paul B. Henze Pdf

A former top government official presents evidence that the kremlin was the instigator and the Bulgarian Secret Service the "Supcontractor" in the attack on Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981.

Author : Anthony F. D'Elia
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674061811

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A Sudden Terror by Anthony F. D'Elia Pdf

In 1468, on the final night of Carnival in Rome, Pope Paul II sat enthroned above the boisterous crowd, when a scuffle caught his eye. His guards had intercepted a mysterious stranger trying urgently to convey a warningÑconspirators were lying in wait to slay the pontiff. Twenty humanist intellectuals were quickly arrested, tortured on the rack, and imprisoned in separate cells in the damp dungeon of Castel Sant'Angelo. Anthony D'Elia offers a compelling, surprising story that reveals a Renaissance world that witnessed the rebirth of interest in the classics, a thriving homoerotic culture, the clash of Christian and pagan values, the contest between republicanism and a papal monarchy, and tensions separating Christian Europeans and Muslim Turks. Using newly discovered sources, he shows why the pope targeted the humanists, who were seen as dangerously pagan in their Epicurean morals and their Platonic beliefs about the soul and insurrectionist in their support of a more democratic Church. Their fascination with Sultan Mehmed II connected them to the Ottoman Turks, enemies of Christendom, and the love of the classical world tied them to recent rebellious attempts to replace papal rule with a republic harking back to the glorious days of Roman antiquity. From the cosmetic-wearing, parrot-loving pontiff to the Turkish sultan, savage in war but obsessed with Italian culture, D'Elia brings to life a Renaissance world full of pageantry, mayhem, and conspiracy and offers a fresh interpretation of humanism as a dynamic communal movement.

Author : David Yallop
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-23
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781472105158

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In God's Name by David Yallop Pdf

Only thirty-three days after his election, Pope John Paul I,Albino Luciani, died in strange circumstances. Almost immediately rumours of a cover-up began to circulate around the Vatican. In his researches David Yallop uncovered an extraordinary story: behind the Pope's death lay a dark and complex web of corruption within the Church that involved the Freemasons, Opus Dei and the Mafia and the murder of the 'Pope's Banker' Roberto Calvi. When first published in 1984 In God's Name was denounced by the Vatican yet became an award-winning international bestseller. In this new edition, Yallop brings the story up to date and reveals new evidence that has been long buried concerning the truth behind the Vatican cover-up. This is a classic work of investigative writing whose revelations will continue to reverberate around the world.

Author : Eric Russell Chamberlin
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0880291168

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The Bad Popes by Eric Russell Chamberlin Pdf

The stories of seven popes who ruled at seven different critical periods in the 600 years leading into the Reformation.

Author : Lucien Gregoire
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781477299661

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Murder by the Grace of God by Lucien Gregoire Pdf

"Did his struggle for basic human rights and dignity for born-out-of-wedlock children, the handicapped, women, the remarried, homosexuals and the poor cost him his life?"

Author : Paul Kengor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684516353

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A Pope and a President by Paul Kengor Pdf

Even as historians credit Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II with hastening the end of the Cold War, they have failed to recognize the depth or significance of the bond that developed between the two leaders. Acclaimed scholar and bestselling author Paul Kengor changes that. In this fascinating book, he reveals a singular bond—which included a spiritual connection between the Catholic pope and the Protestant president—that drove the two men to confront what they knew to be the great evil of the twentieth century: Soviet communism. Reagan and John Paul II almost didn't have the opportunity to forge this relationship: just six weeks apart in the spring of 1981, they took bullets from would-be assassins. But their strikingly similar near-death experiences brought them close together—to Moscow's dismay.Based on Kengor's tireless archival digging and his unique access to Reagan insiders, A Pope and a President is full of revelations. It takes you inside private meetings between Reagan and John Paul II and into the Oval Office, the Vatican, the CIA, the Kremlin, and many points beyond. Nancy Reagan called John Paul II her husband's "closest friend"; Reagan himself told Polish visitors that the pope was his "best friend." When you read this book, you will understand why. As kindred spirits, Ronald Reagan and John Paul II united in pursuit of a supreme objective—and in doing so they changed history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1388395968

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The Plot to Kill the Pope by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lucien Gregoire
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781434387233

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Murder in the Vatican by Lucien Gregoire Pdf

Murder in the Vatican is two books in one book: The Revolutionary Life of John Paul (the only existing biography of the 33-day Pope) and The CIA, Opus Dei and the 1978 Murders. Why two books in one book? Unless one understands the mystery of his life - something the Vatican prefers to keep secret - The Secret Life of John Paul - one will never understand the mystery of his unwitnessed death. This book is in its fourth edition. In that time, I have changed little of what I have said about this good man's life other than to expand my account in this new edition to include stories of his childhood and his young life as a seminarian and as a priest. Yet, the mystery of his death and the deaths of those around him has involved an investigative process that has taken me to Italy and elsewhere in the world many times and spanned many years. I knew much more five years ago, than I knew five years before that, and I knew much more two years ago, than I knew five years before that, and I know much more today, than I did then. Here for the first time is the proof. How John Paul, and those around him, fell victim to twentieth century capitalism as it was jointly embraced by the Vatican and the United States. BEWARE OF THE USED BOOK MARKET: 2003, 2005 and 2006 editions do not include the complete biography or the solution to the murders. Only this 404 page 2008 edition includes both compete books.

Author : Ronald Martin
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781483492117

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Murder at Pope's Cafeteria by Ronald Martin Pdf

Story about the quadruple homicide in Des Peres, Mo in Oct 1980. Committed by a mass murderer and serial killer. Multi-national killer and some of the possible crimes connected to him.

Author : John Cornwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Popes
ISBN : 0140113746

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A Thief in the Night by John Cornwell Pdf

An inquiry into the death of Pope John Paul I, the Smiling Pope, the investigation uncovering lies, half-truths and neglect within the Catholic church. The author has written two novels, and his last book Earth to Earth won the Crime Writer's Association Gold Dagger Award.

Author : David I. Kertzer
Publisher : Random House
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780679645535

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The Pope and Mussolini by David I. Kertzer Pdf

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XI’s secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. This groundbreaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives, including reports from Mussolini’s spies inside the highest levels of the Church, will forever change our understanding of the Vatican’s role in the rise of Fascism in Europe. The Pope and Mussolini tells the story of two men who came to power in 1922, and together changed the course of twentieth-century history. In most respects, they could not have been more different. One was scholarly and devout, the other thuggish and profane. Yet Pius XI and “Il Duce” had many things in common. They shared a distrust of democracy and a visceral hatred of Communism. Both were prone to sudden fits of temper and were fiercely protective of the prerogatives of their office. (“We have many interests to protect,” the Pope declared, soon after Mussolini seized control of the government in 1922.) Each relied on the other to consolidate his power and achieve his political goals. In a challenge to the conventional history of this period, in which a heroic Church does battle with the Fascist regime, Kertzer shows how Pius XI played a crucial role in making Mussolini’s dictatorship possible and keeping him in power. In exchange for Vatican support, Mussolini restored many of the privileges the Church had lost and gave in to the pope’s demands that the police enforce Catholic morality. Yet in the last years of his life—as the Italian dictator grew ever closer to Hitler—the pontiff’s faith in this treacherous bargain started to waver. With his health failing, he began to lash out at the Duce and threatened to denounce Mussolini’s anti-Semitic racial laws before it was too late. Horrified by the threat to the Church-Fascist alliance, the Vatican’s inner circle, including the future Pope Pius XII, struggled to restrain the headstrong pope from destroying a partnership that had served both the Church and the dictator for many years. The Pope and Mussolini brims with memorable portraits of the men who helped enable the reign of Fascism in Italy: Father Pietro Tacchi Venturi, Pius’s personal emissary to the dictator, a wily anti-Semite known as Mussolini’s Rasputin; Victor Emmanuel III, the king of Italy, an object of widespread derision who lacked the stature—literally and figuratively—to stand up to the domineering Duce; and Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli, whose political skills and ambition made him Mussolini’s most powerful ally inside the Vatican, and positioned him to succeed the pontiff as the controversial Pius XII, whose actions during World War II would be subject for debate for decades to come. With the recent opening of the Vatican archives covering Pius XI’s papacy, the full story of the Pope’s complex relationship with his Fascist partner can finally be told. Vivid, dramatic, with surprises at every turn, The Pope and Mussolini is history writ large and with the lightning hand of truth.

Author : Robert A. Friedlander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Assassination
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073330073

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An Infinity of Mirrors by Robert A. Friedlander Pdf

Author : Ken Wlaschin
Publisher : New English Library
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0450009432

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To Kill the Pope by Ken Wlaschin Pdf

Author : David A. Yallop
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173023180460

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In God's Name by David A. Yallop Pdf

Contends that the death of Pope John Paul I was not due to natural causes. Presents a portrait of his life and the motives of six men who may have feared him.