Lazarus

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Lazarus is the final volume in Morris West's magnificent Vatican trilogy, which began with The Shoes of the Fisherman and continued with The Clowns of God. Leo XIV, Vicar of Christ, is threatened with death - from a heart bypass operation and from a new and mysterious terrorist group, the Sword of Islam. An iron-fisted Pope, he has crushed all dissent in the Church.
As he prepares to undergo surgery, speculation spreads like a brush-fire in the Vatican and around the world. Will the Pontiff come back from near-death whole in mind as well as in body? Will he undergo a 'change of heart' that could dismay his hardline supporters and encourage those who fear the Church is in danger of losing its faithful?
The terrorist plot encircles not only the Pontiff, but also his Jewish surgeon Salviati, Salviati's beautiful Scandinavian lover and her fragile daughter. The action moves from Rome to the hills north of the city, to a blazing climax in the Irish countryside and in the Basilica of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Lazarus is the final volume in Morris West's magnificent Vatican trilogy, which began with The Shoes of the Fisherman and continued with The Clowns of God. Leo XIV, Vicar of Christ, is threatened with death - from a heart bypass operation and from a new and mysterious terrorist group, the Sword of Islam. An iron-fisted Pope, he has crushed all dissent in the Church.
As he prepares to undergo surgery, speculation spreads like a brush-fire in the Vatican and around the world. Will the Pontiff come back from near-death whole in mind as well as in body? Will he undergo a 'change of heart' that could dismay his hardline supporters and encourage those who fear the Church is in danger of losing its faithful?
The terrorist plot encircles not only the Pontiff, but also his Jewish surgeon Salviati, Salviati's beautiful Scandinavian lover and her fragile daughter. The action moves from Rome to the hills north of the city, to a blazing climax in the Irish countryside and in the Basilica of St Peter's.
Lazarus shows once again Morris West's prophetic grasp of contemporary politics and religion. The novel resounds with the debates currently raging in the Catholic Church, and is steeped in a profound awareness of the ideology of terrorism. Rich in action, intrigue and inside knowledge, Lazarus reveals the master of storytellers at his stunning best.
Morris West is the internationally acclaimed author of many bestselling novels, among them The Devil's Advocate, The Shoes of the Fisherman and The Clowns of God. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Vissza