Stine, Megan
Summary: "Author Megan Stine charts the beginning of Christianity and its hold on members of the faith as well as the countless struggles for power (one pope was poisoned by his own men!), the building of the Vatican and creation of the Sistine Chapel, and the Secret Archives that hold papers the church has accumulated over the centuries"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 945.6 STIScotti, R. A.
Summary: It was the splendor--and the scandal--of the age, the defining event of the high Renaissance. In 1506, the ferociously ambitious Renaissance Pope Julius II tore down the most sacred shrine in Europe--the millennium-old St. Peter's Basilica built by the Emperor Constantine over the apostle's grave--to build a better basilica. Construction of the new St. Peter's spanned two centuries, embroiled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 945.634 HERReese, Thomas J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 262.13 REEThavis, John.
Summary: Presents a behind-the-scenes perspective on the Vatican's inner workings that challenges popular perceptions, revealing the personal conflicts, authority-undermining scandals, and modern considerations that are challenging the Vatican's daily business.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 262.136 THAWilliams, Paul L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 262.13 WILKoehler, John O.
Summary: Evaluates the Soviet Union's espionage campaign against the Catholic Church, drawing on previously unseen documents to reveal an assassination order against Pope John Paul II and a Russian spy network intent on infiltrating church infrastructure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.1245 KOEKing, Ross
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Company 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.5 KINKhoury, Raymond.
Summary: To rescue kidnapped Tess Chaykin, FBI agent Sean Reilly infiltrates the Pope's massive Vatican Secret Archives of the Inquisition in search of a document known as the Fondo Templari, a secret history of the infamous Templars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KHOKhoury, Raymond.
Summary: To rescue kidnapped Tess Chaykin, FBI agent Sean Reilly infiltrates the Pope's massive Vatican Secret Archives of the Inquisition in search of a document known as the Fondo Templari, a secret history of the infamous Templars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2010