City of Secrets: The Startling Truth Behind the Vatican Murders - Couverture souple

Follain, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060935138 ISBN 13 : 9780060935139

Editeur : Harper Paperbacks, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Follain John

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

On the night of Monday, May 4, 1998, in Vatican territory, the bodies of the commander of the Swiss Guard, his wife, and a young lance corporal were found in the barracks of the picturesque force entrusted with protecting the pope. It was the worst bloodbath to take place in more than a century in the heart of the supreme authority of the world's one billion Catholics. Four hours later, the Vatican announced that the lance corporal, twenty-three-year-old Cédric Tornay, had shot the couple, then committed suicide in "a fit of madness" brought on by frustration with the unit's discipline -- a conclusion it reaffirmed after a nine-month internal inquiry.

But as John Follain's hard-hitting exposé shows, the official report was a travesty, a tissue of suppositions, contradictions, and omissions. Based on an exhaustive three-year investigation, City of Secrets reveals how the Vatican, the oldest and most secretive autocracy in the world, staged an elaborate plot to obstruct justice -- and hide the scandals it dared not confess.

Biographie de l'auteur :

John Follain has covered Italy and the Vatican as a correspondent for the Sunday Times since 1998. He is the author of the critically acclaimed titles A Dishonoured Society: The Sicilian Mafia's Threat to Europe, Jackal: The Secret Wars of Carlos the Jackal, and Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom written with Rita Cristofari and Zoya. He lives with his wife in Rome.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060935138
• ISBN 13: 9780060935139
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336