THE POPES | MICHAEL WALSH IN SOUTH AFRICA

Subtitle: 50 Celebrated Occupants of the Throne of St. Peter Author: Michael Walsh Publisher: Quercus (2008) ISBN-10: 1847244017 ISBN-13: 9781847244017 Condition: Very Good - Boards have some shelf wear. Bottom edges bumped. DJ edges worn. Else in very good condition. Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 207 Dimensions: 27 x 19.3 x 2.4 cm +++ by Michael Walsh +++ The papacy is as old as the Christian Church itself, and a crucial influence on the political history of medieval and modern Europe. The 256 occupants of the throne of St Peter have included saints, visionaries, voluptuaries, rogues and cowards. Papal lives have embraced a moral spectrum from priestly abstinence and rectitude to worldly excess and depravity. The history and mystique of the papacy exerts a profound fascination for Christians and non-Christians alike. The Popes contains 50 lively biographical essays profiling the greatest occupants of the throne of St Peter, from St Peter himself to John Paul II.