| Description |
xiv, 426 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Viking, 1999. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [412]-415) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Catholic Church.
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Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945.
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| ISBN |
0140296271 (pbk.) : $15.00 |
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