Conclave
Now an Oscar and BAFTA winning movie
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4.2 • 410 Ratings
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Publisher Description
**ROBERT HARRIS RETURNS TO ANCIENT ROME IN AGRIPPA -- OUT NOW**
NOW A BAFTA AND OSCAR WINNING MOVIE
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
THE POWER OF GOD. THE AMBITION OF MEN.
'Unputdownable' GUARDIAN
'Gripping' SUNDAY TIMES
Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, 118 cardinals are meeting in conclave to cast their votes in the world's most secretive election.
They are holy men. But they are ambitious. And they have rivals. Over the next 72 hours, one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth. Who will it be?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
If you enjoyed Paolo Sorrentino’s decadent and deliciously dastardly TV show, The Young Pope, step right this way. In this utterly gripping thriller, Robert Harris dives into the planet’s most secretive recruitment process: the Conclave to select a new Pope. His cast of viciously ambitious cardinals make for an uproarious rogue’s gallery of characters, while our narrator (Cardinal Jacopo Lomeli) is just the grounded figure the book needs to make order from chaos.
Customer Reviews
A wonderful, detailed, informative, inspiring story
No- one knows much about a papal election. I think this book represents it very properly. There are a few avoidable mistakes, such as the plate on the urn of votes being a paten, rather than a chalice, which is a cup for the wine of the sacrament of Holy Communion, and a few Latin errors, but the general accuracy is very fine another conspicuous error is that a priest does not “celebrate” Vespers, which is the penultimate of the Offices of the Day” which every priest has been obliged to read, say or sing. It is not sacramental, and so there is no reason for it to confer a state of grace. I’ve read this book 3 times. This reading will not be the last.
Riveting
Extremely well researched.
One of the best books ever
Absolutely loved this. I couldn’t put it down as soon as I started it. A truly fabulous read, full of twists and turns and anxious tension that kept me firmly on edge.