Morris West The Vatican Trilogy [The Shoes of the Fisherman; The Clowns of God; Lazarus]

The Vatican Trilogy by Morris West. 3 Paperback Novels. THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN - A 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!. THE CLOWNS OF GOD - Pope Gregory XVII claims to have received a private revelation of the end of the world--an apocalypse coming not in some distant future but at any moment. Is he a madman--as his cardinals suspect--a mystic, or a fanatic grasping for an unholy power? LAZARUS - Faced with open-heart surgery, Supreme Pontiff Leo XIV sees his life flashing before him. In reforming the Church, he created a wasteland and made enemies, and now he vows to destroy the repression for which he was responsible. But a terrorist group, the Sword of Islam, has other ideas.