The Entity: Five Centuries of Secret Vatican Espionage - Hardcover

Eric Frattini

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312375948 ISBN 13: 9780312375942

Publisher: Saint Martin's Press Inc., 2009

Synopsis

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. It has played a hitherto invisible role confronting de-Christianisations and schisms, revolutions and dictators, colonisations and expulsions, persecutions and attacks, civil wars and world wars, assassinations and kidnappings.For the first time in English (already a bestseller in Spain and France), Eric Frattini tells the comprehensive tale of this sacred secret service. The Entity has been involved in the killings of monarchs, poisoning 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, is embodied in the motto of the Entity: 'With the Cross and the Sword.'

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Review:

International Praise for "The Entity""Through his meticulously documented research into five centuries of history, Eric Frattini gives us an exclusive look at the hidden face of the papacy---revelations that send a chill up the spine."--"Le Monde""A devastating book."--"Valeurs "(France)"A must-read."--"El Universal "(Mexico)"An investigation worthy of a Pulitzer. Frattini puts all the secrets of the Vatican out on the table."--"Di""ario de Noticias" (Portugal)

About the Author:

Eric Frattini has written books on the FBI, the UN, and the CIA, and is the author of "Mafia Inc.: 100 Years of Cosa Nostra." He is a TV correspondent and lives in Spain.

About this edition

• Publisher: Saint Martin's Press Inc.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0312375948
• ISBN 13: 9780312375942
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448