Kertzer, David I., 1948-

Prisoner of the Vatican : the popes' secret plot to capture Rome from the new Italian state / David I. Kertzer. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004. - x, 357 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-342) and index.

Introduction: Italy's Birth and Near Demise -- Destroying the Papal States -- The Pope Becomes Infallible -- The Last Days of Papal Rome -- Conquering the Holy City -- The Leonine City -- The Reluctant King -- Pius IX in Exile Again? -- The Papal Martyr -- Anticlericalism in Rome -- Two Deaths -- Picking a New Pope -- Keeping the Bishops in Line -- The Pope's Body -- Rumors of a French Conspiracy -- Preparing for Exile -- Hopes Dashed -- The Bishops' Lament -- Fears of a European War -- Giordano Bruno's Revenge -- The Pope's Secret Plan -- Epilogue: Italy and the Pope.

0618224424 (hbk.)

2004054097


Pius IX, Pope, 1792-1878.
Leo XIII, Pope, 1810-1903.
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882.


Roman question.
Popes--Temporal power.
Church and state--Italy.


Rome (Italy)--Annexation to Italy, 1870.
Rome (Italy)--History--1870-1945.

DG798.7 / .K47 2004

945.63 / K41P