David I. Kertzer is Professor of Anthropology and Italian Studies at Brown University, where he served as Paul Dupree, Jr. University Professor of Social Science, and from 2006 to 2011 as provost. He is the author of twelve books, including The Pope and Mussolini, also published by OUP and winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for biography; The Pope Who Would Be King (OUP, 2018), The Popes Against the Jews, a finalist for the Mark Lynton History Prize; and The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, a finalist for the National Book Award in 1997. He has twice been awarded the Marraro Prize from the Society for Italian Historical Studies for the best book on Italian history, and in 2005 was elected to membership in the American Association of Arts and Sciences. He and his wife, Susan, live in Providence, Rhode Island, and Harpswell, Maine.

• Prologue: The Twisted Cross PART ONE: WAR CLOUDS 1: Death of a Pope 2: The Conclave 3: Appealing to the Führer 4: The Peacemaker 5: 'Please do not talk to me about Jews' 6: The Nazi Prince 7: Saving Face 8: War Begins 9: The Prince Returns 10: A Papal Curse 11: Man of Steel 12: A Problematic Visitor PART TWO: ON THE PATH TO AXIS VICTORY 13: An Inopportune Time 14: An Honorable Death 15: A Short War 16: Surveillance 17: The Feckless Ally 18: The Greek Fiasco 19: A New World Order 20: Hitler to the Rescue 21: The Crusade 22: A New Prince 23: Best to Say Nothing PART THREE: CHANGING FORTUNES 24: Escaping Blame 25: Papal Premiere 26: Disaster Foretold 27: A Thorny Problem 28: An Awkward Request 29: The Good Nazi 30: Deposing the Duce 31: Musical Chairs 32: Betrayal PART FOUR: THE SKY TURNED BLACK 33: Fake News 34: The Pope's Jews 35: Baseless Rumours 36: Treason 37: A Gratifying Sight 38: Malevolent Reports 39: A Gruesome End Epilogue Final Thoughts: The Silence of the Pope

Magnificent... Kertzer is a gifted writer ... He is also to be congratulated on avoiding polemic. It would have been easy, given the evidence, to have suffused the pages with moral outrage. But because he lays the facts bare and presents all sides of the argument, he lets readers come to their own conclusion. And that conclusion ought to be a devastating one ... What a tragedy, the reader might think after finishing this groundbreaking book, that the Pope did not "love" the Jews as much as he "loved" Germany.

David I. Kertzer is Professor of Anthropology and Italian Studies at Brown University, where he served as Paul Dupree, Jr. University Professor of Social Science, and from 2006 to 2011 as provost. He is the author of twelve books, including The Pope and Mussolini, also published by OUP and winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for biography; The Pope Who Would Be King (OUP, 2018), The Popes Against the Jews, a finalist for the Mark Lynton History Prize; and The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, a finalist for the National Book Award in 1997. He has twice been awarded the Marraro Prize from the Society for Italian Historical Studies for the best book on Italian history, and in 2005 was elected to membership in the American Association of Arts and Sciences. He and his wife, Susan, live in Providence, Rhode Island, and Harpswell, Maine.

• Prologue: The Twisted Cross PART ONE: WAR CLOUDS 1: Death of a Pope 2: The Conclave 3: Appealing to the Führer 4: The Peacemaker 5: 'Please do not talk to me about Jews' 6: The Nazi Prince 7: Saving Face 8: War Begins 9: The Prince Returns 10: A Papal Curse 11: Man of Steel 12: A Problematic Visitor PART TWO: ON THE PATH TO AXIS VICTORY 13: An Inopportune Time 14: An Honorable Death 15: A Short War 16: Surveillance 17: The Feckless Ally 18: The Greek Fiasco 19: A New World Order 20: Hitler to the Rescue 21: The Crusade 22: A New Prince 23: Best to Say Nothing PART THREE: CHANGING FORTUNES 24: Escaping Blame 25: Papal Premiere 26: Disaster Foretold 27: A Thorny Problem 28: An Awkward Request 29: The Good Nazi 30: Deposing the Duce 31: Musical Chairs 32: Betrayal PART FOUR: THE SKY TURNED BLACK 33: Fake News 34: The Pope's Jews 35: Baseless Rumours 36: Treason 37: A Gratifying Sight 38: Malevolent Reports 39: A Gruesome End Epilogue Final Thoughts: The Silence of the Pope

Magnificent... Kertzer is a gifted writer ... He is also to be congratulated on avoiding polemic. It would have been easy, given the evidence, to have suffused the pages with moral outrage. But because he lays the facts bare and presents all sides of the argument, he lets readers come to their own conclusion. And that conclusion ought to be a devastating one ... What a tragedy, the reader might think after finishing this groundbreaking book, that the Pope did not "love" the Jews as much as he "loved" Germany.

David I. Kertzer is Professor of Anthropology and Italian Studies at Brown University, where he served as Paul Dupree, Jr. University Professor of Social Science, and from 2006 to 2011 as provost. He is the author of twelve books, including The Pope and Mussolini, also published by OUP and winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for biography; The Pope Who Would Be King (OUP, 2018), The Popes Against the Jews, a finalist for the Mark Lynton History Prize; and The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, a finalist for the National Book Award in 1997. He has twice been awarded the Marraro Prize from the Society for Italian Historical Studies for the best book on Italian history, and in 2005 was elected to membership in the American Association of Arts and Sciences. He and his wife, Susan, live in Providence, Rhode Island, and Harpswell, Maine.

• Prologue: The Twisted Cross PART ONE: WAR CLOUDS 1: Death of a Pope 2: The Conclave 3: Appealing to the Führer 4: The Peacemaker 5: 'Please do not talk to me about Jews' 6: The Nazi Prince 7: Saving Face 8: War Begins 9: The Prince Returns 10: A Papal Curse 11: Man of Steel 12: A Problematic Visitor PART TWO: ON THE PATH TO AXIS VICTORY 13: An Inopportune Time 14: An Honorable Death 15: A Short War 16: Surveillance 17: The Feckless Ally 18: The Greek Fiasco 19: A New World Order 20: Hitler to the Rescue 21: The Crusade 22: A New Prince 23: Best to Say Nothing PART THREE: CHANGING FORTUNES 24: Escaping Blame 25: Papal Premiere 26: Disaster Foretold 27: A Thorny Problem 28: An Awkward Request 29: The Good Nazi 30: Deposing the Duce 31: Musical Chairs 32: Betrayal PART FOUR: THE SKY TURNED BLACK 33: Fake News 34: The Pope's Jews 35: Baseless Rumours 36: Treason 37: A Gratifying Sight 38: Malevolent Reports 39: A Gruesome End Epilogue Final Thoughts: The Silence of the Pope

Magnificent... Kertzer is a gifted writer ... He is also to be congratulated on avoiding polemic. It would have been easy, given the evidence, to have suffused the pages with moral outrage. But because he lays the facts bare and presents all sides of the argument, he lets readers come to their own conclusion. And that conclusion ought to be a devastating one ... What a tragedy, the reader might think after finishing this groundbreaking book, that the Pope did not "love" the Jews as much as he "loved" Germany.