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God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican
By Gerald Posner and Tom Parks (narrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Brilliance Audio
Publication date September 15, 2015
Binding CD/Spoken Word
Edition Unabridged
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781511325257
ISBN-10 1511325259
Dimensions 1.25 by 5 by 5.50 in.
Weight 0.70 lbs.
Original list price $19.99
Other format details audio
Summaries and Reviews
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A deeply reported, fast-paced exposé of the money and the cardinals-turned-financiers at the heart of the Vatican―the world’s biggest, most powerful religious institution―from an acclaimed journalist with “exhaustive research techniques” (The New York Times).

From a master chronicler of legal and financial misconduct, a magnificent investigation nine years in the making, this audiobook traces the political intrigue and inner workings of the Catholic Church. Decidedly not about faith, belief in God, or religious doctrine, this audiobook is about the church’s accumulation of wealth and its byzantine entanglements with financial markets across the world. Told through 200 years of prelates, bishops, cardinals, and the Popes who oversee it all, Gerald Posner uncovers an eyebrow-raising account of money and power in perhaps the most influential organization in the history of the world.

God’s Bankers has it all: a rare exposé and an astounding saga marked by poisoned business titans, murdered prosecutors, mysterious deaths of private investigators, and questionable suicides; a carnival of characters from Popes and cardinals, financiers and mobsters, kings and prime ministers; and a set of moral and political circumstances that clarify not only the church’s aims and ambitions, but reflect the larger dilemmas of the world’s more recent history. And Posner even looks to the future to surmise if Pope Francis can succeed where all his predecessors failed: to overcome the resistance to change in the Vatican’s Machiavellian inner court and to rein in the excesses of its seemingly uncontrollable financial quagmire. Part thriller, part financial tell-all, this audiobook shows with extraordinary precision how the Vatican has evolved from a foundation of faith to a corporation of extreme wealth and power.



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CD/Spoken Word
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With Gerald Posner | Mp3 una edition from Brilliance Audio (September 15, 2015)
9781511325264 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $9.99
About: A deeply reported, fast-paced exposé of the money and the cardinals-turned-financiers at the heart of the Vatican―the world’s biggest, most powerful religious institution―from an acclaimed journalist with “exhaustive research techniques” (The New York Times).
The price comparison is for this edition
With Gerald Posner | Unabridged edition from Brilliance Audio (September 15, 2015)
9781511325257 | details & prices | 5.00 × 5.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $19.99
About: A deeply reported, fast-paced exposé of the money and the cardinals-turned-financiers at the heart of the Vatican―the world’s biggest, most powerful religious institution―from an acclaimed journalist with “exhaustive research techniques” (The New York Times).
With Gerald Posner | Mp3 una edition from Brilliance Audio (April 19, 2015)
9781501260889 | details & prices | 5.25 × 6.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $29.99
About: A deeply reported, fast-paced exposé of the money and the cardinals-turned-financiers at the heart of the Vatican―the world’s biggest, most powerful religious institution―from an acclaimed journalist with “exhaustive research techniques” (The New York Times).
With Gerald Posner | Unabridged edition from Brilliance Audio (April 19, 2015)
9781501260865 | details & prices | 5.00 × 5.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.74 lbs | List price $39.99
About: A deeply reported, fast-paced exposé of the money and the cardinals-turned-financiers at the heart of the Vatican―the world’s biggest, most powerful religious institution―from an acclaimed journalist with “exhaustive research techniques” (The New York Times).

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