Mistress of the Vatican
The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope
Nonfiction, History, European General, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church
| Author: | Eleanor Herman | ISBN: | 9780061827419 |
| Publisher: | William Morrow | Publication: | October 13, 2009 |
| Imprint: | William Morrow | Language: | English |
| Author: | Eleanor Herman |
| ISBN: | 9780061827419 |
| Publisher: | William Morrow |
| Publication: | October 13, 2009 |
| Imprint: | William Morrow |
| Language: | English |
Eleanor Herman, the talented author of the New York Times bestselling Sex with Kings and Sex with the Queen goes behind the sacred doors of the Catholic Church in Mistress of the Vatican, a scintillating biography of a powerful yet little-known woman whose remarkable story is ripe with secrets, sex, passion, and ambition. For almost four centuries this astonishing story of a woman’s absolute power over the Vatican has been successfully buried—until now.
Eleanor Herman, the talented author of the New York Times bestselling Sex with Kings and Sex with the Queen goes behind the sacred doors of the Catholic Church in Mistress of the Vatican, a scintillating biography of a powerful yet little-known woman whose remarkable story is ripe with secrets, sex, passion, and ambition. For almost four centuries this astonishing story of a woman’s absolute power over the Vatican has been successfully buried—until now.
