April 2018
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.
15 April 2018
David Kertzer questions the accuracy of translations and renditions of Edgardo Mortara's memoir in The Atlantic
On Sunday, April 15th, The Atlantic published "The Doctored 'Memoir' of a Jewish Boy Kidnapped by the Vatican." The article, in which Kertzer questions the accuracy of the text and translations of Edgardo Mortara's autobiography, can be found here.
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