"Venice, 1943: The world is at war, and Stella Jilani is leading a double life. By day she works in the lion's den as a typist for the Reich; by night, she risks her life as a messenger for the Italian resistance. Against all odds, Stella must impart Nazi secrets, smuggle essential supplies and produce an underground newspaper on her beloved typewriter. But when German commander General Breugal becomes suspicious, it seems he will stop at nothing...

An American priest assigned to the Vatican discovers a plan to kill Pope Paul.

One of the most famous victims of the Holy Office of the Inquisition was the brilliant Dominican monk Giordano Bruno, burnt at the stake for heresy in 1600. Morris West recreates a diary of Bruno's intimate thoughts as he languishes in Rome's worst prison for seven years. Bruno's reflections and frank memories of his life reveal him to be both a fine thinker and a flawed priest-and a man willing to pay the highest price to be true to himself. The...

Father Luca Rossini was tortured during the Dirty War in Argentina and only escaped thanks to Isabel with whom he had an affair. Now a cardinal in Rome and front runner in a papal election, Rossini learns that Isabel is coming as the wife of an ambassador and bringing with her their daughter from the affair.

"The story of a stray cat that was born on the Via della Conciliazione in Rome. She is adopted by the Pope, and she then runs the Vatican from museum to floorboard." -- No one has a closer view of what's happening in the world's tiniest nation, Vatican City, than Margaret. She reveals the Pope's daily doings, Swiss Guards, a state visit with the Queen of England, even a few Italian phrases and foods. Yum! She wasn't always the Pope's cat, however....