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Condon, Richard

A Trembling Upon Rome

Michael Joseph, 1983

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Year of publication
1983
ISBN
0718122410
Place of printing
London
Author
Condon, Richard
Publishers
Michael Joseph
Edition
1st UK Edition
Keyword
HISTORICAL FICTION ROME MEDEIVAL PAPACY
Cover description
As New
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

In this vivid and powerful novel of the late Middle Ages, at the time of the Great Schism, when two. and later three. popes reigned simultaneously, Richard Condon tells the epic story of Baldassare Cossa, who acceded to the papacy in May 1410. Born into a family of pirates, Cossa scaled the ladder of influence as a lawyer, army general and prelate. He was eventually trapped into becoming the first Pope John XXIII. and left a name which has been reviled in Church history. All the corrupt elements of high life are here: lust, greed, murder and intrigue, enriched by the power of history.