An excellently written book well researched and presented. However, when one considers inquisitions, scandals, public burnings, tortures and the direct or indirect cause of the murders of millions of people by the Christian, primarily, Catholic church, I cannot understand how they can have the lack of common decency to even appear in public. The Catholic Church has been the greatest blight on the human race. 

THE KIDNAPPING OF EDGARDO MORTARA

A dramatic and heart-wrenching tale that reveals a great deal about the battle between conservative and progressive forces in mid-19th-century Europe. Kertzer (History/Brown Univ.), the author of the ... Leer comentario completo

The kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

Kertzer (Sacrificed for Honor, Beacon, 1993) has uncovered fascinating new information about the unification of Italy. He recounts here the kidnapping of a six-year-old Jewish boy from Bologna who was ... Leer comentario completo