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Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit

Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit

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Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit

by Wills, Garry

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 2000. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 326 Pp. COPYRIGHT 2000. FIRST EDITION, 6TH PRINTING. PAPAL SIN IN THE PAST WAST BLATANT, AS CATHOLICS REALIZED WHEN THEY PAINTED POPES ROASTING IN HELL ON THEIR OWN CHURCH WALLS. SURELY, THE GREAT ABUSES OF THE PAST---THE NEPOTISM, MURDERS, AND WARS OF CONQUEST---NO LONGER PREVAIL; YET, THE SIN OF THE MODERN PAPACY, AS REVEALED BY GARRY WILL IN HIS PENETRATING NEW BOOK, IS EVERY BIT AS REAL, THOGH LESS OBVIOUS THAN THE OLD SINS. DESCRIPTION: BLACK PUBLISHERS CLOTH HARDBOUND, SPECKLED EGG SHELL PAPER COVERED BOARDS, GILT STAMPED TITLE ON SPINE, COLOR ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 1 1/8." BOOK CONDITION: AS NEW. DUST JACKET CONDITION: FINE; SLIGHT CURL OF LOWER FRONT EDGE. GIFT QUALITY COPY.

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Garry Wills is an adjunct professor of history at Northwestern University. Wills received a Ph.D. in classics from Yale and has had a distinguished career as an author, with books such as Lincoln at Gettysburg, John Wayne's America, a biography of St. Augustine , and A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government . He has received numerous accolades, including the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (for Lincoln at Gettysburg ) and the NEH Presidential Medal. Wills is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and his articles appear frequently in The New York Review of Books. From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit
Author
Wills, Garry
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
New As New
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
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Edition
1st Edition 5th or later Printing
ISBN 10
0385494106
ISBN 13
9780385494106
Publisher
Doubleday
Place of Publication
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published
2000
Pages
326
Keywords
Historical, Religious, Political, Literary, General

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