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17 September 2018

In a glowing review, the UK's Catholic Herald praises The Pope Who Would be King

"Kertzer is a fine historian who understands the importance of narrative drive and in Pius IX he has a wonderfully dramatic story to tell." The review can also be found on davidkertzer.com.
19 August 2018

Seattle Times book review praises Kertzer's The Pope Who Would be King as "rock-solid history, with enough intrigue and double-dealing to compete with any Robert Harris thriller.

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/a-botanist-a-pope-and-a-princess-three-new-biographies/
09 June 2018

Conference in Udine, Italy, May 29
04 May 2018

Weekly Standard Reviews The Pope Who Would Be King

On May 4th The Weekly Standard published a review of The Pope Who Would Be King. From the review: "Kertzer deftly sets the Roman scene and extracts a captivating narrative from the standard 1848 labyrinth of conspiracy, illusion, heroism, and ineptitiude. This is a book not only for Italophiles but for anyone interested in the way Europe backed into modernity." For the entire review, click here.
25 April 2018

Following the NPR Fresh Air interview by Terry Gross with David Kertzer on the book's publication day, The Pope Who Would Be King becomes the #1 best seller in both European History and the History of Christianity on Amazon.

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Find the NPR interview and transcript on NPR's website here.

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