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The pope who would be king : the exile of Pius IX and the emergence of modern Europe
Record details
- ISBN: 9780812989915
- ISBN: 0812989910
- ISBN: 9780812989922 (ebook)
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Physical Description:
xxx, 474 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-443) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part one: The beloved -- The conclave -- The fox and the crow -- An impossible dilemma -- Papal magic -- The tide turns -- Fending off disaster -- The assassination -- The escape -- Part two: The reviled -- The reactionary turn -- Revolution -- Pressuring the Pope -- The friendly army -- The French attack -- Negotiating in bad faith -- Battling for Rome -- The conquest -- The occupation -- Part thee: The feared -- Applying the brakes -- Louis Napoleon and the Pope -- The unpopular Pope -- "Those wicked enemies of God" -- Returning to Rome -- Epilogue. |
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Subject: | Europe Politics and government 1848-1871 Europe Church history 19th century Pius IX, Pope 1792-1878 |