Revered by millions, the Papacy is an international power that many nations have viewed with suspicion, some have tried to control, and not a few have spied upon. Ranging across two centuries of world history, David Alvarez’s fascinating study throws open the Vatican’s doors to reveal the startling but little-known world of espionage in one of the most sacred places on earth.Reviewing the pontificates of ten popes—from Pius VII, Napoleon’s nemesis, to Pius XII, maligned by some as ...

To defeat your enemies you must know them well. In wartime, however, enemy codemakers make that task much more difficult. If you cannot break their codes and read their messages, you may discover too late the enemy’s intentions. That’s why codebreakers were considered such a crucial weapon during World War II.In Secret Messages, David Alvarez provides the first comprehensive analysis of the impact of decoded radio messages (signals intelligence) upon American foreign polic...

Most students of history assume that the age of the “warlord popes” ended with the Renaissance, but, long after the victory of Catholic powers at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, the Papacy continued to entangle itself in martial affairs. The Vatican participated in six major military campaigns between 1796 and 1870, flew the papal flag over a warship as late as 1878, and during the Second World War mobilized more than 2,000 of its own troops to defend the Pope.David Alvarez now open...

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Nazi Germany considered the Catholic Church to be a serious threat to its domestic security and its international ambitions. In Germany, informants provided intelligence, but in Rome, German attempts to penetrate the Papacy were less successful - except for the codebreaking work.

For the period between World War II and the full onset of the Cold War, histories of American intelligence seem to go dark. Yet in those years a little known clandestine organization, the Strategic Services Unit (SSU), emerged from the remnants of wartime American intelligence to lay the groundwork for what would become the CIA and, in ways revealed here for the first time, conduct its own secret war of espionage and political intrigue in postwar Europe. Telling the full story of this earl...

"At the start of things, the elders say,the universe was hushed and still.The moon alone shone bright and roundin the star-speckled dark of the sky.David Álvarez is one of the most extraordinary artists working today. His black-and-white illustrations have gained fame in his home country of Mexico and around the world.Here, in Noche antigua (Ancient Night) David displays his immense talent with full-color illustrations for the first time.Noche a...

I dreamed I was the nightin my body the stars throbbedA tender moon illuminated my darknessand I had the world at my fingertipsFrom internationally acclaimed illustrator David Álvarez (Ancient Night / Noche antigua) comes a breathtaking picture book debut that follows one little boy's journey into and of the nighttime. With stunning artwork in the vein of Chris Van Allsburg and David Wiesner, and a simultaneous Spanish-language public...

MEJOR DEL AÑO:Publishers Weekly · Biblioteca Pública de Evanston Public Library · Biblioteca Pública de Chicago · BookPage · Kirkus“Vívido y vibrante.” — NPRSix reseñas estelares!Al comienzo de todo, los viejos nos cuentan,el cosmos estaba callado y quieto.Solo la luna brillaba redondaen la vasta y estrellada oscuridad del cielo.David Álvarez es uno de los artistas más extraordinarios de la actualidad. Su...

BEST OF THE YEARPublishers Weekly · Evanston Public Library · Chicago Public Library · BookPage · Kirkus“Vivid and vibrant.” — NPR Weekend EditionAt the start of things, the elders say,the universe was hushed and still.The moon alone shone bright and roundin the star-speckled dark of the sky.Acclaimed Mexican artist David Álvarez pushes the boundaries with his f...