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God's bankers : a history of money and power at the Vatican / Gerald Posner.

Posner, Gerald L., (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 1416576576
  • ISBN: 9781416576570
  • ISBN: 9781416576594
  • Physical Description: xiv, 732 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-702) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Murder in London -- The last pope king -- Enter the black nobles -- "Merely a palace, not a state" -- An unholy alliance -- "The pope banker" -- Prelude to war -- A policy of silence -- The blacklist -- Blood money -- A Nazi spy in the Vatican? -- The ratline -- "He's no pope" -- The men of confidence -- "You can't run the church on Hail Marys" -- Operation Fraulein -- Il crack sindona -- The battle of two scorpions -- "A psychopathic paranoid" -- The year of three popes -- The backdoor deal -- "The Vatican has abandoned me" -- "You have to kill thePope" -- "Tell your father to be quiet" -- "Protect the source" -- "A heck of a lot of money" -- "I've been poisoned" -- White finance -- Suitcases of cash -- Burying the trail on Nazi gold -- "A criminal underground in the priesthood" -- "His inbox was a disaster" -- The kingmaker becomes king -- "As flat as stale beer" -- Chasing the white list -- The world has changed -- The powerbroker -- The butler -- A vote of no confidence -- "A time bomb" -- The Swiss James Bond -- "The people's pope" -- "Back from the dead."
Subject: Catholic Church > Controversial literature.
Catholic Church > Corrupt practices.
Catholic Church > Finance.
Catholic Church > History > 20th century.
Catholic Church > History > 21st century.
Istituto per le opere di religione > Corrupt practices.
Banks and banking > Vatican City.

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