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Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII
by Cornwell, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670886939
- ISBN 13
- 9780670886937
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9. Type: Hardback Third Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Archival protective jacket cover. Eight page b/w illustration section on coated paper. "The career of Eugenio Pacelli-Pope Pius XII from the beginning of the century is the story of a bid for unprecedented papal power that by 1933 had drawn the Catholic Church into complicity with the darkest forces of the era--" (from the Preface). The untold story of the man who was arguably the most dangerous churchman in modern history: Eugenio Pacelli, Pius XII, Pontiff from 1939-1958 and long controversial as the Pope who failed to speak out against Hitler's Final Solution. Bound in black half cloth, gilt titled, red boards, very clean and unmarked; light wear around spine heel, a touch of rubbing to lower corners. Tight, solid, square. Former owner name on paste-down. Internals are very clean and free from any markings. Jacket clean and unmarked with slight wear around spine tail and upper edge turns up slightly. 430 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Index. 10 x 6.5 inches. 1999, Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Synopsis
The “explosive” ( The New York Times ) bestseller—now with a new introduction by the author When Hitler’s Pope , the shocking story of Pope Pius XII that “redefined the history of the twentieth century” ( The Washington Post ) was originally published, it sparked a firestorm of controversy both inside and outside the Catholic Church. Now, award-winning journalist John Cornwell has revisited this seminal work of history with a new introduction that both answers his critics and reaffirms his overall thesis that Pius XII, now scheduled to be canonized by the Vatican, weakened the Catholic Church with his endorsement of Hitler—and sealed the fate of the Jews in Europe.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013636
- Title
- Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII
- Author
- Cornwell, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0670886939
- ISBN 13
- 9780670886937
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 4to - over 9
- Keywords
- POPE PIUS XII,1876- 1958 WORLD WAR II,1939-1945 CATHOLIC CHURCH JUDAISM JEWS EUROPE, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT ITALY HITLER, ADOLF
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. World War II;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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