- Popes, Election, Fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general
The pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals. Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on Earth.
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Classical in form, contemporary, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Robert Harris
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Vintage, Hutchinson, Random House Audio
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780091959166
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English author known for his novel "Fatherland" as well as a series of novels on ancient Rome and non-fiction books
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