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This book is a 'fancy that' crossed with a 'believe it or not' look at certain aspects of papal history with emphasis on the unexplored and the obscure - with considerable embellishment from computer-aided analytics (by now a well recognized forte of the author). The '101' bullet points dealt with in this book, per its title, covering at least 202 nuggets of insight, are divided across 7 chapters, titled: Ecumenical Councils, Names, Firsts, Dates, Conclaves, Pope Celestine V and Pope Francis. The chapter on 'Dates' looks at topics such as the first precisely recorded data in papal history, the last pope whose date of death is unknown and the recent pope who was born on Holy Saturday while the chapter on 'Firsts' talks about the first layman to be elected pope, the first cardinal bishop to be pope and the first pope known to have communicated, in writing, with the imperial court in Istanbul. Each chapter contains at least 12 bullet items. This is the author's 9th book on popes; he the author of 'Popes and the Tale of their Names', the two 'Next Pope Books', 'The Last 10 Conclaves', 'The Election of the 2013 Pope' and 'Pope John XXIII: 101 Facts & Trivia'. He is also the publisher of the blogs 'popes-and-papacy' and 'papam.wordpress.com' where his work, especially his research and analytics of papal history has been cited on 'Vatican Radio' and 'Rome Reports'. Reviews of his papal books on Amazon include comments such as: "And there are much data which you will find no place other than the author's books", "It's far and away the most comprehensive I've seen on the subject (and I've read a few)", "it bears evidence of careful and exhaustive and unusual research" and "This is an amazing book, delving into the subject of papal names in a way I have never seen before". This book is a continuation of the author's commitment to "careful and exhaustive and unusual research" when it comes to papal history. So much is known about Pope Francis, but where did he stay in Rome ahead of the conclave that elected him pope, what was the pet he kept while a seminarian and who owned the Fisherman's Ring that he wears? All of these items and more are dealt with in Chapter 7 along with the story of Cardinal Bergoglio and the rubber bands. This is the authors third '101 Facts and Trivia' book. The others being on 'Comets' and 'Pope John XXIII'. There is a hope that one day there might be a 'Vol. II' to this book. The best thing to do if this book looks even a bit interesting is to check it out using the 'Look Inside' feature of Amazon. What you see could intrigue you. The book is likely to contain some 'typos' though it has been fairly thoroughly 'proofed' by a number of qualified folks. As many 'typos' will be fixed in each Kindle revision. If the 'typos' bother you please return the book and get a full refund - rather than complaining about it.
About the Author: Anura Gurugé was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1953. He, however, came of age in Britain, after yearlong stays in Buffalo (U.S.) and Paris. Though he has lived in the U.S., the second time around since 1985, mainly in New Hampshire, he is very much a 'Brit' at heart, cricket an abiding passion. He started computer programming in 1969, and went to work for IBM when he was twenty. Over the years he also worked for the likes of ITT, Wang and BBN, and was, for two decades, a leading authority on IBM networking. Writing, however, has been a consuming pastime since the early 1980s. His first book was published in 1984. Four further books on technology as well as over 350 technical publications followed. Around 2006, with IBM networking an oxymoron, he turned his attention to papal history, art and astronomy. This is his twenty-second book as a sole-author. He has a Master's in computer science, three daughters, one son, one Golden, one Beagle and a beat up old British sports car. www.guruge.com and nhlife.wordpress.com.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781502430366
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 192
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: 101 Facts & Trivia
  • Width: 178 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1502430363
  • Publisher Date: 23 Sep 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Weight: 390 gr


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