- Pius xii, pope, 1876-1958, World war, 1939-1945, religious aspects, Catholic church, relations, judaism, Europe, politics and government, 1918-1945
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- Author
- John Cornwell
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Ullstein-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Zweigniederlassung de, Penguin (Non-Classics), Books on Tape, Inc.
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9780670886937
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“Eugenio Pacelli was described routinely, during his pontificate and after his death, as a member of the Black Nobility.”
John Cornwell is a British journalist, author, and academic. Since 1990 he has directed the Science and Human Dimension Project at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he is also, since 2009, Founder and Director of the Rustat Conferences. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters (University of Leicester) in 2011. He is best known for his investigative journalism; memoir; and his work in public understanding of science. In addition to his books on the relationship between science, ethics and the humanities, he has written widely on the Catholic Church and the modern papacy. - Wikipedia
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