Morris Langlo West Libri

Max Mather, studioso d'arte, si trova a Firenze presso una nobile famiglia fiorentina come studioso e amante della matriarca Pia. Alla morte di Pia, Max può prendere un pezzo a sua scelta dall’archivio della famiglia… e Max sceglie una sacca di tela incerata contenente dei dipinti del Raffaello andati perduti. Da qui tutto inizia a prendere forma, Max cerca di guadagnare il più possibile da questa cosa cercando, comunque, di fare apparire il tutto in maniera molto legale. Da qui inizia la sua vicenda nel mondo delle case d’asta e dei mercanti di quadri preziosi e antichi.

In Morris West's last novel he brings a real man, denounced as a heretic and burnt at the stake 400 years ago, back to life.

John Spada publicly runs an enormous multi-national corporation, privately he heads Proteus, a clandestine resistance movement. His aim is to free prisoners of conscience wherever they may be. As the story unfolds, Spada himself becomes an outlaw, and holds the world hostage.

Bryan de Courcy Cavanagh, Australian in Paris, is a top-notch international lawyer and a happily married New York gentleman. Until a sealed letter arrives from Rome on his sixty-fifth birthday, bearing the arms of the ancient house of Farnese di Mongrifone. It is a summons from the woman he loved and lost forty years ago in the stormy world of post-war Europe.

"The pope has died, and the corridors of the Vatican hum with intrigue as cardinals from all over the world gather to choose his successor. Suddenly, the election is concluded - with a surprise result. The new pope is the youngest cardinal of all - and a Russian. Shoes of the Fisherman slowly unravels the heartwarming and profound story of Kiril Lakota, a cardinal who reluctantly steps out from behind the Iron Curtain to lead the Catholic Church and to grapple with the many issues facing the contemporary world."--BOOK JACKET.

The code name: SALAMANDER Forged in the flames of war. A symbol of courage and justice. The mark of the final power. An Italian general is found dead in his apartment, a card engraved with the image of the Salamander lying by his corpse. Colonel Matucci begins the routine investigation, only to find himself catapulted into the centre of a desperate web of political violence and intrigue. As he digs deeper, he is faced with an agonising choice: how much is he prepared to pay to survive - his lover... his conscience... or more?