The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in EuropeModern · History, Nonfiction, Religion
The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
2014 · 592 pages · Nonfiction
49
Modern
★ 4.16 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
≈ 15 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2015). 4.16★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
49Must-Read Score
- Critics53 out of 100 · counts 35%+21
- Readers48 out of 100 · counts 50%+28
- Buzz3 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #5 of the 11 faith books we rank
- #136 of the 220 history books we rank
- #177 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #606 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2015)
Reads as
True story
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