Prisoner of the Vatican: The Popes' Secret Plot to Capture Rome from the New Italian State Hardcover - 2005
by Kertzer, David I
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- Title Prisoner of the Vatican: The Popes' Secret Plot to Capture Rome from the New Italian State
- Author Kertzer, David I
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Condition Used - Near Fine
- Pages 357
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Boston
- Date 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # Fh7386
- ISBN 9780618224425 / 0618224424
- Weight 1.52 lbs (0.69 kg)
- Dimensions 9.04 x 6.32 x 1.2 in (22.96 x 16.05 x 3.05 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Pius, Leo
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004054097
- Dewey Decimal Code 945.630
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Summary
King Victor Emmanuel, his nemesis Garibaldi, the French emperor Napoleon III, England, Spain, Germany, Austria, and even America play a part in this astonishing drama. On September 20, 1870, the king's battle to unite the disparate Italian states came to a head when his troops broke through the walls of Rome, which the pope had ruled for centuries. Pope Pius IX, ensconced with the Vatican Council, denounced the usurpers and plotted with his advisers to regain power or else flee Italy altogether. A dramatic struggle unfolded over the next two decades, pitting church against state and the nations of Europe against one another. This is a story of outrageous accusations, mutual denunciations, raucous demonstrations, frenetic diplomacy, and secret dealings. Rocks were hurled along with epithets, and war across Europe seemed inevitable.
The antagonists were as explosive as the events. Pius IX, the most important pontiff in modern history, engineered the doctrine of papal infallibility but ended his days reviled and denounced. The blustering Victor Emmanuel schemed behind the backs of his own ministers. Garibaldi, Italy's dashing national hero, committed naive and dangerous mistakes. Beyond Italy, the pope’s main protector, Napoleon III, was himself being taken prisoner.
This devastating conflict, almost entirely unknown until now, still leaves a deep mark on the Italian soul. No one who reads David Kertzer's revelatory account will ever think of Italy or the Vatican in quite the same way again.
