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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Vintage Books
Publication date July 1, 1998
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780679768173
ISBN-10 0679768173
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight 0.70 lbs.
Original list price $17.95
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Combining pulsing narrative and careful research, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist tells how a Jewish boy's kidnapping began the decline of the Vatican's political power. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780679450313 Book cover for 9780788169984
 
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (May 1, 1997); titled "The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara"
9780679450313 | details & prices | 350 pages | 6.75 × 10.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $26.00
About: Describes the kidnapping and forced conversion from Judaism to Catholicism of a six-year-old Italian boy in 1858, and explores how this incident began a campaign to end the dominance of the Catholic Church in Italy
from Diane Pub Co (January 1, 1997)
9780788169984 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $26.00
About: Bologna, 1858: A police posse, acting on the orders of a Catholic inquisitor, invades the home of a Jewish merchant, Momolo Mortara, wrenches his crying six-year-old son from his arms, and rushes him off in a carriage bound for Rome.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780679768173
 
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from Vintage Books (July 1, 1998); titled "The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara"
9780679768173 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $17.95
About: Combining pulsing narrative and careful research, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist tells how a Jewish boy's kidnapping began the decline of the Vatican's political power.

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