· "Lascelles has achieved the seemingly impossible#58; a concise and highly readable history of Catholic Popes that manages to be extremely entertaining and informative at the same time."- Gerald Posner, author of God's Bankers"A brilliant book on a number of different levels. Lascelles has. "Lascelles has achieved the seemingly impossible: a concise and highly readable history of Catholic Popes that manages to be extremely entertaining and informative at the same time." - Gerald Posner, author of God's Bankers "A brilliant book on a number of different levels. Lascelles has an engaging prose style and an amazing eye for detail and apposite anecdote. · But the history of the popes is far from bland. On the contrary, it is occasionally so bizarre as to stretch credulity. Popes have led papal armies, fled in disguise, fathered children (including future popes), and authorised torture. They have been captured, assaulted and murdered/5(7).
I found Pontifex Maximus to be a real page-turner - fascinating and informative. Given that the papacy and the Christian church have played such central roles in the development of Western civilisation and culture, this book has much to teach us about the history of the past years - as well as about society today. Christopher Lascelles studied modern languages and history at St Andrews University in Scotland. His first book, A Short History of the World, became a New York Times and Amazon bestseller and was translated into seven languages. He is currently writing A Short History of the Future. He lives in London with his wife and daughter. Read "Pontifex Maximus A Short History of the Popes" by Christopher Lascelles available from Rakuten Kobo. "Lascelles has achieved the seemingly impossible: a concise and highly readable history of Catholic Popes that manages t.
But the history of the popes is far from bland. On the contrary, it is occasionally so bizarre as to stretch credulity. Popes have led papal armies, fled in disguise, fathered children (including future popes), and authorised torture. They have been captured, assaulted and murdered. Pontifex Maximus: A Short History of the Popes. by. Christopher Lascelles (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · ratings · 10 reviews. “Lascelles has achieved the seemingly impossible: a concise and highly readable history of Catholic Popes that manages to be extremely entertaining and informative at the same time.”. Christopher Lascelles’ new book, Pontifex Maximus, is not the story that Rome prefers. Lascelles is the author of A Short History of the World, and in both books, he gives evidence-based history. The style is journalistic and accessible, but it is not flattering to the papacy. Popes are shown to be quarrelsome, ambitious and self-serving.
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