The Entity
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The Entity

Five Centuries of Secret Vatican Espionage

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eBook - ePub

The Entity

Five Centuries of Secret Vatican Espionage

About this book

International Bestseller: "Meticulously documented . . . Frattini gives us an exclusive look at the hidden face of the papacy—revelations that send a chill up the spine." — Le Monde
For five centuries, the Vatican—the oldest organization in the world, maker of kings and shaper of history—has used a secret spy service, called the Holy Alliance, or later, the Entity, to carry out its will. Forty popes have relied on it to carry out their policies. They have played a hitherto invisible role confronting de-Christianizations and schisms, revolutions and dictators, colonizations and expulsions, persecutions and attacks, civil wars and world wars, assassinations and kidnappings.
For the first time in English (following the bestselling Spanish and French editions), Eric Frattini tells the comprehensive tale of this sacred secret service. The Entity has been involved in the killings of monarchs, poisonings of diplomats, financing of South American dictators, protection of war criminals, laundering of Mafia money, manipulation of financial markets, provocation of bank failures, and financing of arms sales to combatants even as their wars were condemned, all in the name of God. The contradiction between God's justice and Earth's justice, Christian beliefs and Christian power all fall before the motto of the Entity: With the Cross and the Sword.
"A true story that surpasses any novel by John le Carré." — El País (Spain)
"An investigation worthy of a Pulitzer. Frattini puts all the secrets of the Vatican out on the table." — Diário de Notícias (Portugal)
"A devastating book." — Valeurs (France)
"A must-read." — El Universal (Mexico)

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Other Books By This Author
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1 - Between The Reformation and a New Alliance (1566–1570)
  10. Chapter 2 - Dark Years (1570–1587)
  11. Chapter 3 - Times of Action (1587–1605)
  12. Chapter 4 - New Horizons (1605–1644)
  13. Chapter 5 - Era of Expansion (1644–1691)
  14. Chapter 6 - Time of Intrigue (1691–1721)
  15. Chapter 7 - Some Brief Reigns (1721–1775)
  16. Chapter 8 - The Rise and Fall of Eagles (1775–1823)
  17. Chapter 9 - An Era of Spies (1823–1878)
  18. Chapter 10 - The League of the Impious (1878–1914)
  19. Chapter 11 - The Horseman of the Apocalypse (1914–1917)
  20. Chapter 12 - Intriguing Toward Peace (1917–1922)
  21. Chapter 13 - Era of the Dictators (1922–1934)
  22. Chapter 14 - Rise of the Terror (1934–1940)
  23. Chapter 15 - The End of the Thousand-Year Reich (1940–1945)
  24. Chapter 16 - “Odessa” and The “Vatican Ratline” (1946–1958)
  25. Chapter 17 - New Alliances (1958–1976)
  26. Chapter 18 - “Vatican, Inc.” and God’s Business (1976–1978)
  27. Chapter 19 - Time of the Assassins (1979–1982)
  28. Chapter 20 - The Polish Years (1982–2005)
  29. Epilogue: The Years to Come Benedict XVI
  30. Appendix
  31. Notes
  32. Bibliography
  33. Archives Consulted
  34. Index
  35. About the Author