About this title: This biography of Pope Pius XII focuses primarily on the many years that Father Eugenio Pacelli spent as a Vatican bureaucrat. Cornwell claims to have found evidence during those years relating to Pius XII's role in the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust. Cornwell cites agreements and other negotiations between Germany and the Vatican that served to strengthen the Vatican's power over its far-flung church, but also severely restricted the Vatican's role in government. He also considers whether Pius XII may have had a personal animus toward Jews. A New York Times Notable Book of 1999.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780140296273ISBN:0140296271
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Moderately pliable, a little edge wear, pages lightly age-toned, with a few stray markings. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 426 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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"I've cried twice this year when I read a book. This was one of them. The scene was that rubber-necking German soldiers were driving past the Vatican, their trucks filled with Italian Jewish deportees on their way to certain death. This was happening with the full knowledge of people within the Vatican, including the pope.
Not once during the whole war did Pope Pius XII mention Nazis or Jews, much less condemn Hitler's regime.
At first I thought the title of this book was a bit strong. But if Hitler had wanted greater compliance, he could not have had it.
If anyone knows of a book of similar quality that tells a contrary side of the story, please let me know."
"Much more interesting than Angels and Demons - as it is non-fiction. The illustration of power, collegial and personal, astounded my perception of influence and its politic of unpredictability. Mr. Obama pursue your agenda with attention, attention to detail."
"ick. i really did not enjoy this one. it was basically a book about a sell out. it was disturbing and made me kinda mad at the same time. who wants to know about some of the ugliest things that happened in the Catholic church???...me neither."
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