David Kertzer is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, anthropologist and historian. Learn more Books The Pope Who Would be King The Pope and Mussolini The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara All books "Kertzer’s brilliant treatment of the crisis in the papacy reads like a thriller" New York Review of Books "Kertzer tells a fascinating and tragic story" New Yorker “a riveting courtroom drama” New York Post Articles The Atlantic The Pope, the Jews, and the Secrets in the Archives 27 August 2020 The Atlantic What the Vatican’s Secret Archives Are About to Reveal 2 March 2020 All articles News Interview Dubai-based Gabriel Andrade posts video interview with David Kertzer on his recent book, The Pope Who Would be King: 13 October 2020 Interview Latest Watson Institute Trending Globally podcast, a conversation with David Kertzer about what he has been finding in the newly opened Vatican archives about the controversial wartime pope, Pius XII 09 October 2020 Press New article by David Kertzer and Roberto Benedetti on the online journal Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, "The Vatican's Role in the Finaly Children's Kidnapping Case" 09 October 2020
