Catholic popes have been powerful spiritual leaders for nearly two millennia. In an acclaimed series of BBC radio broadcasts, the author enthralled listeners with vivid stories of the ten popes he judges 'the most influential in history'. In this book, he offers readers his portraits of the ten exceptional men who shook the world.
Eamon Duffy is professor of the history of Christianity, Cambridge University, and fellow and former president of Magdalene College. He is the author of many prizewinning books, among them Fires of Faith, Marking the Hours, and Saints and Sinners, all available from Yale University Press. He lives in Cambridge, UK.