Francis A. Burkle-Young

3261. Passing the Keys: Modern Cardinals, Conclaves, and the Election of the Next Pope. by Francis A. Burkle-Young (read Oct 29, 1999) This book was published this year and most of it was super-interesting to me. The early chapters, full of iinformation on past papal elections are short of footnotes, and one wonders where he got all the information he passes out as gospel. He tells who he says will be the next Pope (Carlo Maria Martini), but he also says the next conclave will be this year, and that may not be true since there is not much left of this year. This is a great book, in many ways.… (mehr)

3287. The Life of Innocenzo Del Monte: A Study in Scarlet, Together with Materials for a History of the House of Ciocchio del Monte San Savino, by Francis A. Burkle-Young and Michael Leopoldo Doerrer (read 20 Jan 2000) This book was read because I so enjoyed Burkle-Young's Passing the Keys, read in October 1999. This book is an absorbing study, full of information not often found elsewhere. This was a really great reading experience, but my interest in topics like this is not a general one so I will spare you any further exposition of the merits of this really fine book.… (mehr)