Death of a Pope
By: Piers Paul Read.
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781586172954
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Fiction; Conspiracies -- Fiction; Papacy -- Fiction; Terrorism -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: Juan Uriarte, a handsome and outspoken Spanish ex-priest is on trial, accused of terrorist activities. Meanwhile an international conspiracy is growing, one that reaches into the Vatican itself. When the death of Pope John Paul II brings about the conclave that will elect Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI, a terrorist plot involving blackmail, subterfuge, and mass murder begins to fall into place.