Comments on: Book Review: The Death of a Pope http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/05/15/book-review-the-death-of-a-pope/ Politics and Culture from a Catholic perspective. Wed, 23 May 2012 17:50:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mark Shea http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/05/15/book-review-the-death-of-a-pope/#comment-11757 Mark Shea Sat, 16 May 2009 00:05:28 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=8608#comment-11757 I just got back from lunch with Mr. Read, who is here in Seattle doing various readings from Death of a Pope. What a lovely man! Very modest and self-effacing and kind. It was a pleasure to get to meet him! I just got back from lunch with Mr. Read, who is here in Seattle doing various readings from Death of a Pope. What a lovely man! Very modest and self-effacing and kind. It was a pleasure to get to meet him!

]]> By: Elaine Krewer http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/05/15/book-review-the-death-of-a-pope/#comment-11756 Elaine Krewer Fri, 15 May 2009 12:33:40 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=8608#comment-11756 I will have to check this new novel out. I have to second Darwin's opinion of "Pierced By A Sword," which I picked up for 25 cents at a garage sale a few years ago. It contains some intriguing ideas (such as, the notion of a supernatural "warning" in which everyone instantly sees all the consequences of every sin they ever committed and every good act they ever did) but the part that would really be laughable today revolves around Notre Dame becoming the center of the "true" church in America, where the real Pope ends up taking refuge from his enemies :) I will have to check this new novel out. I have to second Darwin’s opinion of “Pierced By A Sword,” which I picked up for 25 cents at a garage sale a few years ago. It contains some intriguing ideas (such as, the notion of a supernatural “warning” in which everyone instantly sees all the consequences of every sin they ever committed and every good act they ever did) but the part that would really be laughable today revolves around Notre Dame becoming the center of the “true” church in America, where the real Pope ends up taking refuge from his enemies :)

]]> By: Donald R. McClarey http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/05/15/book-review-the-death-of-a-pope/#comment-11755 Donald R. McClarey Fri, 15 May 2009 11:55:31 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=8608#comment-11755 I love Mr. Read's work. He is a completely orthodox Catholic, a great writer and a superb scholar. His Hell and Other Destinations are a collection of his essays about the Faith. http://www.amazon.com/Hell-Other-Destinations-Novelists-Reflections/dp/1586171615/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242388328&sr=8-2 His The Templars is a good overview of that Order during the Crusades and debunks all the rubbish that has been written about them over the centuries. The antidote to Dan Brown! http://www.amazon.com/Templars-Dramatic-Powerful-Military-Crusades/dp/0312555385/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242388328&sr=8-4 I love Mr. Read’s work. He is a completely orthodox Catholic, a great writer and a superb scholar. His Hell and Other Destinations are a collection of his essays about the Faith.

http://www.amazon.com/Hell-Other-Destinations-Novelists-Reflections/dp/1586171615/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242388328&sr=8-2

His The Templars is a good overview of that Order during the Crusades and debunks all the rubbish that has been written about them over the centuries. The antidote to Dan Brown!

http://www.amazon.com/Templars-Dramatic-Powerful-Military-Crusades/dp/0312555385/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242388328&sr=8-4

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