![]() ![]() ![]() A highly enjoyable read." - Paul Strathern, author of The Medici "Pontifex Maximus is a subtle and convincing explanation of how the successors of an impoverished fisherman from Galilee became a globally powerful monarch - all without getting lost in the bewildering historical weeds. ![]() Surely only purblind Catholic zelanti will object to this outstanding analysis." - Frank McLynn, author of Genghis Khan, Napoleon and 1066 "Lascelles has taken an overwhelming subject, and not been overwhelmed by it in any way. Lascelles has an engaging prose style and an amazing eye for detail and apposite anecdote. "Lascelles has achieved the seemingly impossible: a concise and highly readable history of Catholic Popes that manages to be extremely entertaining and informative at the same time." - Gerald Posner, author of God's Bankers "A brilliant book on a number of different levels. ![]()
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