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Luis miguel rocha author luis miguel rocha was born in oporto, portugal, and worked for many years in london as a television writer and producer. Luis miguel rochas novel the last pope seamlessly weaves facts and fiction into a compelling story centered on the actual mysterious death of pope john paul i in 1978. Dolores m koch on september 29, the world awakens to news of the shocking, sudden death of pope john paul i, elected only thirtythree days earlier. The last pope isbn 9780515146608 pdf epub luis miguel.
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Thirty years later, in london, young journalist sarah monteiro. Already an international bestseller, the last pope is a terrific, fastpaced thriller about the conspiracy surrounding the 1978 death of pope john paul i. Publisher synopsis likely to appeal to fans of conspiracy theories and readers of dan brown. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability.
Almost thirty years after the world was stunned by the shocking death of pope john paul i. The last book of the series is a filha do papa, released in 20. The last pope ebook by luis miguel rocha rakuten kobo. Luis spent his childhood in viana do castelo, a small town north of oporto. Portuguese writer rocha centers his thriller on the unexpected death of pope john paul i on september 29, 1978, only 33 days into his papacy. Luis miguel rocha was born in oporto, portugal and worked for many years in london as a television writer and producer. It was published by putnam adult and has a total of 320 pages in the book. The last pope luis miguel rocha february 1976 in porto 26 march 2015 in mazaferes 2 was a portuguese author, television writer and producer.
He was the author of the last pope, the holy bullet and the. The popes assassin, also known as the papal decree is the third book of the vatican series. Already a new york times bestseller, the last pope is a terrific, fastpaced thriller about the conspiracy surrounding the 1978 death of pope john paul i. Discover book depositorys huge selection of luis miguel rocha books online. See all 5 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. On september 29, the world awakens to news of the shocking, sudden death of pope john paul i, elected only thirtythree days earlier. An author who came up short when he did the scraping was portuguese author luis miguel rocha, who had to rely instead on the old, discredited canard that pope john paul i was murdered before he could shovel. Jul 28, 2009 the last pope paperback jul 28 2009 by luis miguel rocha author 4.
About the book already an international bestseller, the last pope is a terrific, fastpaced thriller about the conspiracy surrounding the 1978 death of pope john paul i. For clarity purposes in achieving full idea of whats going on in this novel, one should read the last pope first, especially getting to know the characters and sequence of the story line. It may be that the translation made it hard to follow in my advance readers edition. O ultimo papa is a novel by portuguese author luis miguel rocha, released in 2006.
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He was the author of the last pope, the holy bullet and the popes assassin. Publication date 2008 topics john paul i, pope, 19121978 assassination fiction publisher. This acclaimed book by luis miguel rocha is available at in several formats for your ereader. First let me say that i love luis miguel rocha s books, but i found the pope s assassin to be a little hard to follow. First let me say that i love luis miguel rochas books, but i found the popes assassin to be a little hard to follow. Koch in 2008, i found the last pope to have a well paced plot and nice tensionsuspense. Almost thirty years after the world was stunned by the shocking death of pope john paul i, journalist sarah monteiro fin.
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