The Pope Who Would Be King
The Exile of Pius IX and the Emergence of Modern Europe
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â[David I.] Kertzerâs brilliant treatment of the crisis in the papacy between 1846 and 1850 reads like a thriller. All the characters, from the poor of Rome to the king of Naples, stand out with a vividness that testifies to his mastery of prose.ââJonathan Steinberg, The New York Review of Books
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR AND THE SEATTLE TIMES
Only two years after Pope Pius IXâs election in 1846 had triggered great popular enthusiasm across Italy, the pope found himself a virtual prisoner in his own palace. The revolutions that swept through Europe and shook Rome threatened to end the popesâ thousand-year reign over the Papal States, if not the papacy itself. The resulting dramaâwith a colorful cast of characters, from Louis Napoleon and his rabble-rousing cousin Charles Bonaparte to Garibaldi, Tocqueville, and Metternichâwas rife with treachery, tragedy, and international power politics. David Kertzer, one of the worldâs foremost experts on the history of Italy and the Vatican, brings this pivotal moment vividly to life.
Praise for The Pope Who Would Be King
âEngaging, intelligent, and revealing . . . essential reading for those seeking to understand the perennial human forces that shape both power and faith.â âJon Meacham, Pulitzer Prizeâwinning author of The Soul of America
âSubtle and brilliantly told.ââChristopher Clark, London Review of Books
âRichly rewarding . . . church history at its most fascinating.ââThe Christian Science Monitor
âRequired, and riveting, reading that shares many of the qualities of Kertzerâs Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece: an exceptionally deep archival and scholarly foundation, and a rare capacity to tell the story of a critical chapter in European history with novelistic verve.ââKevin Madigan, author of Medieval Christianity
âA remarkable achievementâboth a page-turner and a major contribution to scholarship accomplished with outstanding clarity and economy. Kertzer gives this story a notable degree of freshness, and brings out vividly the determination, passions, blood, and gore of this dramatic moment in European history.ââJohn Davis, editor, Journal of Modern Italian Studies
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