The American Pope
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780812911206 (0812911202)
Publish date: October 12th 1984
Publisher: Crown
Pages no: 364
Edition language: English
It's a fascinating study of power and politics. Spellman was not interested in theology -- at one time after the election of John XXIII, he is reported to have said, "I hire theologians" -- but he was enamored of authority and domination. At his peak he was in some ways more powerful than Pius XII, ...