Hitler's pope : the secret history of Pius XII / John Cornwell
1999, First Edition. London : Viking. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #452689
ISBN: 0670876208
Physical description; xii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Contents; The Pacellis -- Hidden life -- Papal power games -- To Germany -- Pacelli and Weimar -- The glittering diplomat -- Hitler and German Catholicism -- Hitler and Pacelli -- The concordat in practice -- Pius XI speaks out -- Darkness over Europe -- Triumph -- Pacelli, pope of peace -- Friend of Croatia -- The holiness of Pius XII -- Pacelli and the Holocaust -- The Jews of Rome -- Savior of Rome -- Church triumphant -- Absolute power -- Pius XII Redivivus. Subjects; Pius XII, Pope (1876-1958). Catholic Church -- Foreign relations -- Germany. Church and state -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945. World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Price: €14.95