Da Vinci Books

June 1, 2006

Fallen Order - a history

By Karen Liebreich

Published by Atlantic Books, UK, 2004

Paperback large, NEW (C20)

NZ$18.00

‘Fallen Order’ is the previously untold account of the first child sex scandal in the history of the Catholic Church. In 1621 the Piarist Order was founded to house & educate the poor children of Rome. These schools flourished and spread throughout Catholic Europe. Yet in 1646 the order was abruptly abolished by the pope amid rumours of a great scandal…seems as though not much has changed over the centuries…

 

In God’s Name

By David Yallop

Published by Jonathan Cape, UK, 1984, first edition

Hardback with dustwrapper

Signed by David Yallop

NZ$45.00

David Yallop’s revelations detail a miasma of criminal activities which have lead to bribery, blackmail and on more than one occasion, to murder. It is Yallop’s conviction that murder was the fate of Pope John Paul I, Albino Luciani, and he presents his evidence in this book. A classic.

The Passover Plot - a new interpretation of the life & death of Jesus

By Hugh Schonfield

Published by Element, UK, 1996

Paperback

NZ$10.00

In his time he was called a revolutionary, today he is called the Son of God. What is the truth about the crucifixion? This book may shatter your faith or strengthen it. It may leave you in awe or anger you. But you will not be able to dismiss the evidence it presents or the message it delivers. 

His Holiness - John Paul II and the hidden history of our time

By Carl Bernstein & Marco Politi

Published by Bantam Books, UK, 1997

Paperback

NZ$10.00

From two of the world’s greatest investigative reporters comes this expose on the controversial figure who sent the Catholic church on a course that both uplifted & divided it’s billion members..the controversial New York Times bestseller.

The Time of the Assassins - anatomy of an investigation

By Claire Sterling

Published by Angus & Robertson, UK, 1983

Hardback with dustwrapper

NZ$15.00

Claire sterling, the journalist who first brought the plot to kill the Pope into the open, now brings you the inside story she alone is qualified to tell.

Pontiff

By Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-Witts

Published by Granada, UK, 1984

paperback, non-fiction

NZ$10.00

78 days in ‘78. Seventy eight days when three utterly different men assumed the world’s most venerated spiritual office. Reads like a blockbuster thriller saga with it’s stunning revelations of the manoeuvring inside the cardinals secret conclaves…

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