In the closing years of this Pontiff’s reign Morris West tells the story of the next Papal election and of certain characters who may well have a part to play in it. Most important of these is the eminence of the title, Luca, Cardinal Rossini, a man who suffered torture and degradation as a young priest in Argentina, who lived in exile in Rome and was promoted to high office in the Vatican. By his own admission he is a flawed man, but he is still a man of power and a possible candidate for election. There is, however, much more to this novel than Vatican politics. Love and passion, tenderness and intrigue, heady suspense and high drama, all are here.
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"This book was great. It is similar to Davinci Code. It was about the election of a pope with some history about the church in Spain. " — Lizziet (4 out of 5 stars)
"This book was great. It is similar to Davinci Code. It was about the election of a pope with some history about the church in Spain. "
“Morris has done it again.”
[West] succeeds in balancing contemporary Vatican intrigue and details…with Rossini’s myriad political, spiritual and personal crises.”
“Eminence is a brisk thriller and simultaneously a very relevant examination of the byzantine Vatican City; but the ultimate pleasure of the book, as with the best of West’s writings, derives from his complex and very human portrait of a modern man of the cloth.”
" A very interesting and enjoyable story of intrigue with the vatican and the election of a new pope. "
" This book was great. It is similar to Davinci Code. It was about the election of a pope with some history about the church in Spain. "
" a good story, very exciting. I was not bored at any time "
Morris West was born in Australia in 1916, but lived for extended periods in Italy, Austria, England, and the USA. West started writing novels in the 1950s. He is the author of thirty novels and has sold more than sixty million copies of his books worldwide in over twenty-seven languages. West helped to found the Australian Society of Authors, was chairman of the National Book Council, chairman of the National Library of Australia and a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. He was made member of the order of Australia (MBE) in 1985 and officer of the order of Australia (AO) in 1997. West also wrote screenplays, radio dramas, plays and was also an artist. He died in 1999.
Graeme Malcolm was an actor and winning audiobook narrator who earned twelve AudioFile Earphones Awards. He has performed on Broadway as Pharaoh in Aida and as Sir Edward Ramsay in The King and I. His television appearances include Law & Order, Follow the River, and Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (with Laurence Olivier). His film credits include A Further Gesture, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, and Reunion.
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