Conclave
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4.2 • 110 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
The Pope is dead.
Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and twenty Cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election.
They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals.
Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Robert Harris’ novels are consumed with power plays, whether they’re set in the halls of British Parliament (The Ghost) or on the streets of ancient Rome (the Cicero trilogy). In Conclave, the master of historical fiction heads deep within the Vatican, where the pope has died and a successor must be found. The 100 men charged with this decision may be cardinals, but they’re no saints. Harris deftly unspools their deceptions, secrets, sexual temptations, and colossal ambitions. The result is a thrilling and satisfyingly twisty race to that final puff of white smoke.
