Francis: Pope of Good Promise
From Argentina's Bergoglio to the World's Francis
$20.79
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2016
Summary
From the moment Pope Francis stepped on to the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica for the first time, a global audience sensed that not only the Catholic Church but the world at large could be entering a new spiritual, political and social age.
In the days following Pope Francis’ election, there would be further early signs of the simplicity worthy of the first apostles and the leader that inspired them. Not since John XIII appeared on the scene half a century earlier had a new Pope opene…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472122063 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472122062 |
| Author: | Jimmy Burns |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 422g |
| Dimensions: | 131mm x 200mm x 35mm |
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Burns writes with colour and panache
Burns writes with colour and panache * The Scotsman *
His [Burns] scenes and landscapes have a cinematic quality * Independent *
His [Burns] experience as a successful international writer and broadcaster and wealth of Argentine and Catholic Church contacts makes him uniquely placed to provide a compelling account of an Argentine Jesuit, the first ever Latin American Pope, who has captured the imagination of the world.
About The Author
Jimmy Burns
Jimmy Burns is a prizewinning author and journalist.
Burns was the Financial Times Buenos Aires correspondent during the 1980s and worked as a senior investigative reporter with the newspaper for many years. His previous books include The Land that Lost its Heroes: How Argentina Lost the Falklands War, which won the Somerset Maugham Prize for non-fiction and two critically acclaimed biographies, The Hand of God: A Life of Diego Maradona, and Papa Spy, an account of his late father’s espionage activities as a leading Catholic.
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