{"product_id":"the-pope-who-would-be-king-the-exile-of-pius-ix-and-the-emergence-of-modern-europe-9780812989939","title":"The Pope Who Would Be King: The Exile of Pius IX and the Emergence of Modern Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pope and Mussolini\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the bloody revolution that stripped the pope of political power and signaled the birth of modern Europe.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\" David I.] Kertzer's brilliant treatment of the crisis in the papacy between 1846 and 1850 reads like a thriller. All the characters, from the poor of Rome to the king of Naples, stand out with a vividness that testifies to his mastery of prose.\"--Jonathan Steinberg, \u003ci\u003e The New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eTHE SEATTLE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Only two years after Pope Pius IX's election in 1846 had triggered great popular enthusiasm across Italy, the pope found himself a virtual prisoner in his own palace. The revolutions that swept through Europe and shook Rome threatened to end the popes' thousand-year reign over the Papal States, if not the papacy itself. The resulting drama--with a colorful cast of characters, from Louis Napoleon and his rabble-rousing cousin Charles Bonaparte to Garibaldi, Tocqueville, and Metternich--was rife with treachery, tragedy, and international power politics. David Kertzer, one of the world's foremost experts on the history of Italy and the Vatican, brings this pivotal moment vividly to life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Pope Who Would Be King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Engaging, intelligent, and revealing . . . essential reading for those seeking to understand the perennial human forces that shape both power and faith.\" \u003cb\u003e--Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Soul of America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Subtle and brilliantly told.\"\u003cb\u003e--Christopher Clark, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Richly rewarding . . . church history at its most fascinating.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Required, and riveting, reading that shares many of the qualities of Kertzer's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece: an exceptionally deep archival and scholarly foundation, and a rare capacity to tell the story of a critical chapter in European history with novelistic verve.\"\u003cb\u003e--Kevin Madigan\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eauthor of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedieval Christianity \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A remarkable achievement--both a page-turner and a major contribution to scholarship accomplished with outstanding clarity and economy. Kertzer gives this story a notable degree of freshness, and brings out vividly the determination, passions, blood, and gore of this dramatic moment in European history.\"\u003cb\u003e--John Davis, editor, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern Italian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812989939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d","brand":"David I. Kertzer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43972033511605,"sku":"9780812989939","price":31.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_04ae357a-6de0-4054-8a71-f6141279ba7d.jpg?v=1713281360","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-pope-who-would-be-king-the-exile-of-pius-ix-and-the-emergence-of-modern-europe-9780812989939","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}