Fallen Order: Intrigue, Heresy & Scandal in the Rome of Galileo & Caravaggio 
by 

Karen Liebreich (Goodreads Author)

 

BlackOxford's review 

Apr 16, 2016  ·  edit

really liked it

bookshelves: church 

Believing One's Own Press

Almost novelistically written, this is worthwhile both historically and as a tale of how institutions become corrupt, particularly those which claim to be spiritually immune from corruption. There is a saying in my family: "Big in front, Big in back." In other words, those who proclaim sanctity most strenuously are hiding something significant