A trembling upon Rome : a work of fiction
Condon, Richard
A trembling upon Rome : a work of fiction / by Richard Condon - 398 pages
Includes bibliographical references.
In a powerful novel of the late Middle Ages, a time when three popes reigned simultaneously in the world, Richard Condon tells the epic story of Baldassare Cossa: lawyer, army general and prelate, born into a family of pirates, who twice refused to accept the papacy but who left a name reviled in Church history after he was finally trapped into becoming Pope John XXIII.
0399128344
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Fiction
Religious fiction
Fic
A trembling upon Rome : a work of fiction / by Richard Condon - 398 pages
Includes bibliographical references.
In a powerful novel of the late Middle Ages, a time when three popes reigned simultaneously in the world, Richard Condon tells the epic story of Baldassare Cossa: lawyer, army general and prelate, born into a family of pirates, who twice refused to accept the papacy but who left a name reviled in Church history after he was finally trapped into becoming Pope John XXIII.
0399128344
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Fiction
Religious fiction
Fic