Vatican Spies by Yvonnick Denol

Vatican Spies by Yvonnick Denol

An astonishing history of the priests and missionaries whose special ops serve the Holy See and 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide.

'An impressive and rigorous narrative'

-- Le Figaro

'This book finally reveals the secret service of the Vatican and uncovers some of its most relevant operations.'

-- Le Point

'Stalin famously asked how many divisions the Pope has. Maybe not divisions, but it does boast a vast and effective intelligence network. This magisterial account of the Vatican's spying activities is unique in dealing with the last few decades, including the current Pope. A meticulous work, a book of revelations.'

-- Bruno Maçães, author, foreign correspondent, The New Statesman

'Vatican Spies surprised me. Little did I know about the clandestine war and Intelligence gathering waged by the Vatican, so well documented and colourfully described in Yvonnick Denoël's book. The Vatican secret service is unquestionably one of the major espionage agencies, and Vatican Spies reads like an intriguing and very well sourced spy novel.'

-- Mishka Ben-David, former Mossad operative and author of Duet in Beirut and Last Stop Algiers
‘God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are absent from this book. Denoel’s work is concerned with ambition, greed, extreme politics, murder, mafia, betrayal and the darker side of human nature. A fascinating history of the Vatican from fascism to the present day.’ -- David Lane, author of Berlsuconi’s Shadow and Into the Heart of the Mafia, and former Italy business and finance correspondent, The Economist

'An important, ground-breaking survey of the Catholic Church as an international intelligence-gathering network and an object of interest for national intelligence agencies. Highly readable and endlessly fascinating.'

-- Philip Murphy, Director of History & Policy, Institute of Historical Research

Yvonnick Denoël is a French historian, publisher and intelligence specialist who has written on the CIA, Mossad, and espionage in the twentieth century. Vatican Spies has appeared in German and Italian translations.

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ISBN 13	9781911723400
ISBN 10	1911723405
Title	Vatican Spies
Author	Yvonnick Denoël
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Year published	2024-12-05
Number of pages	384
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