Description
Morris West is the author of numerous bestsellers and among his most highly acclaimed works is the Vatican Trilogy. which displays his gifts to the fullest: a deep, compassionate sense of character, a sweeping narrative force, and an unrivaled knowledge of the behind-the-scenes politics of the Vatican.
THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN
The Pope is dead. The corridors of the Vatican hum with intrigue as Cardinals gather from around the world to elect his successor. The result startles everyone, not least the man they have chosen: Kiril Lakota-a Russian, and survivor of seventeen years in the Soviet labor camps. Now, the crises he must face as he ascends the Throne of St. Peter will test his faith and courage more strongly than the Gulag ever did....
THE CLOWNS OF GOD
LAZARUS
A deadly game where everyone has a secret agenda and no one is quite what they seem....
THE POPE. An iron-fisted reactionary who conspired in the downfall of his predecessor earned many enemies in his climb to the top. Now he must face his own day of reckoning....
THE DOCTOR. He is first a surgeon-second. a Zionist, bitter over Rome's refusal to acknowledge the Jews. Performing heart surgery on the Vicar of Christ, he vows. "I want him to owe me his life...." THE ASSASSIN. By day, he is a businessman. By night, he leads the Sword of Islam. Now his greatest hour draws near....
ISBN:9780517093900
