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'''Windswept House: A Vatican Novel''' is a novel by Catholic priest and ], ]. The book charts the turmoil within the ] faith and within the very walls of ]. The author describes the text as being based on real historical events and containing characters based on real persons and falls into the ] genre. '''Windswept House: A Vatican Novel''' is a novel by Irish writer and ], ]. The book charts the turmoil within the ] faith and within the very walls of the ]. The author describes the text as being based on real historical events and containing actual characters which have been woven together with fictitious allegations and falls into the ] genre.


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Windswept House: A Vatican Novel
AuthorMalachi Martin
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherDoubleday (first print)
Main Street Books (current)
Publication dateJuly 13, 1998
Publication placeScotland
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages656
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OCLC33948860

Windswept House: A Vatican Novel is a novel by Irish writer and theologian, Malachi Martin. The book charts the turmoil within the Roman Catholic faith and within the very walls of the Vatican City. The author describes the text as being based on real historical events and containing actual characters which have been woven together with fictitious allegations and falls into the faction genre.

Characters

The Slavic Pope

A geopolitical genius in his own right, the Slavic Pope is embattled against the forces of the New World Order and Satan in his defence of the Roman Catholic Church.

Christian Gladstone

A conservative and passionate young priest who descends from the all powerful Roman Catholic family of the American southwest, the Gladstone's. Becomes a pawn in the advancment of the destruction of his beloved Church.

Father Aldo Carnesecca

A simple and unassuming priest who has lived through four popes, Father Carnesecca is valued by his Vatican superiours as "a man of confidences." Unwilling to compromise his principles on the one hand or to cross the threshold of disillusionment and bitterness on the other, he has acquired a detailed knowledge of significant facts, friendships, incidents and decisions in the Rome of the popes. An expert in the rise and fall of the greats, he acts as a valued and intimate advisor to the embattled Slavic Pope, and becomes a valued and intimate friend to Christion Gladstone. Ultimately, his knowledge of hidden things leads not only to a maniacal scheme against his life, but to the unraveling of the darkest mystery lying at the heart of papal Rome.

Master General Damien Slattery

Father-General of the Dominican Order, the Irish giant, Father Damien Duncan Slattery is a man of extraordinary appetite, and the dimensions to go with it. Slattery is Irish to the core, and the staunchest of the staunch among the small band of supporters dedicated to the papacy and to the Slavic Pope. Archenemy of Cardinal Maestroianni.

Cardinal Silvio Aureatini

A, quick-witted man who is a young Cardinal of international accomplishment and huge ambition. A close associate of Cardinal Maestroianni and by his role in the Vatican's powerful Christian Adult Renewal Rite, Aureatini has improved his standing as a mover and shaker in the grave matters of foreign policy.

Cyrus Benthoek

The American head of a powerful transnational law firm based in London. Benthoek is a long time friend of Cardinal Secretary of State Maestroianni and is held in the highest regard by those in the highest reaches of global power and is one of the main players in the New World Orders plan for worldwide change.

Gibson Appleyard

A US State Department agent who is tasked as an international trouble shooter for the President of the United States and a special committee of industrialist advisors. Appleyard is ordered to oversee the EC's plan for Greater European Market in relation to US interests.

Francesca 'Cessi' Gladstone

The matriarchal leader of the powerful Gladstone family. A devout, conservative Catholic who does not recognise the legitimacy of the church after the Second Vatican Council and goes on to challenge both the head of the Vatican Bank, and the Slavic Pope, to boot.

Alleged real life characters

The TRADITIO Traditional Roman Catholic Network published a list on their website which highlighted what they decided were the real people on which the characters in the book were base upon :

Roman Catholic clergy and women religious

  • Maldonado (I.R.A.) - Sig. Alberico Novelli

Church of England clergy

Business

Intelligence

Misc

Locations

See also

References

  1. http://www.traditio.com/tradlib/wind.txt

External links

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