Dark History of the Popes: Vice, Murder and Corruption in the Vatican
- ISBN-10
- 1906969000
- ISBN-13
- 9781906969004
- Category
- Papacy
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Author
- Brenda Ralph Lewis
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