The critics praised the book as one of the best books ever published on fathers & sons, the spy world, and wartime Spain. It is now published by Bloomsbury to usher in its 2010 Spring list.
Have you read this book?
This portrait of Bergoglio and Francis’s world-past and present- tells the story of a much more complex man than some early biographies have suggested. My subject is no picture book saint but a very human priest, wracked by doubt, who struggles to be a true witness of his faith in challenging circumstances. In circumstances he neither sought nor foresaw he found himself , he was handed the highest office at a time of institutional crisis, not just for the Church but long established institutions worldwide, from banks to party political leaders.