Cardinal Galsworthy
Augustine Galsworthy is the son of an English peer and his American wife. A clumsy, stuttering boy, he was sent away to a church-run French school, where his teachers convinced him to become a priest. Augustine grows into a fascinating character?brilliant, handsome, and well suited to the theater and behind-the-scenes politics of the Vatican. He fights his sexual urges but finally surrenders?once. The confidant of several popes, he becomes a wealthy man, climbing to the heights of the church, which he serves ably as diplomat, fund-raiser, and worshipper. The people who cross his path are interesting, if far less so than Augustine himself. When the pope dies, there is a conclave to find his successor. Will it be the ambitious Augustine? Sheehan's (Innocent Darkness, LJ 2/1/93) new book has everything?faith, greed, politics, good and evil, even a little sex. Recommended for general fiction collections.?Barbara Maslekoff, Ohioana Lib., Columbus, OhioCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.