Title: The Keys of Power
Subtitle: Scandal, Secrets, and the Strange History of the Papacy
Description: What really happens behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel?

For two thousand years, the papacy has shaped world history — but not always with the holiness it claims. In The Keys of Power, uncover the true stories of the popes who ruled by ambition, scandal, and sheer survival.

A corpse dragged into court for trial.

Women who ruled popes like puppets.

Bribes, blackmail, and betrayals that decided the leader of the world's largest religion.

From the grotesque spectacle of medieval Rome to the political intrigue of modern conclaves, The Keys of Power brings the papacy’s secret history to life with gripping, vivid storytelling.
Subjects: Papal conclave, Papacy--history, Catholic Church, Popes, election, Pope, alexander, 1688-1744, Christianity