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24 titles for readers of Inside the Vatican by Bart McDowell, selected for shared themes: Italy, Christianity, and Europe.

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Each title here shares meaningful common ground with Inside the Vatican — in theme, mood, or literary style.

The Popes and the Church of Rome in Late Antiquity — John Moorhead

The Popes and the Church of Rome in Late Antiquity

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

God’s Bankers A History of Money and Power at the Vatican — Gerald Posner

God’s Bankers A History of Money and Power at the Vatican

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

Dominion How the Christian Revolution Remade the World — Tom Holland

Dominion How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

Merchants in the Temple Inside Pope Francis’s Secret Battle Against Corruption in the Vatican — Gianluigi Nuzzi

Merchants in the Temple Inside Pope Francis’s Secret Battle Against Corruption in the Vatican

Gianluigi Nuzzi

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

The Medici Popes Leo X. and Clement Vii — Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan

The Medici Popes Leo X. and Clement Vii

Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

Loreto and the Holy House Its History Drawn From Authentic Sources — Godfrey E. 1878-1961 Phillips

Loreto and the Holy House Its History Drawn From Authentic Sources

Godfrey E. 1878-1961 Phillips

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

A History of the Popes, 1830-1914 — Owen Chadwick

A History of the Popes, 1830-1914

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

The ‘Commentaries’ of Pope Pius II (1458-1464) and the Crisis of the Fifteenth-Century Papacy — Emily OBrien

The ‘Commentaries’ of Pope Pius II (1458-1464) and the Crisis of the Fifteenth-Century Papacy

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

NRSVCE Illustrated Catholic Bible, Comfort Print Holy Bible [Black] — Catholic Bible Press

NRSVCE Illustrated Catholic Bible, Comfort Print Holy Bible [Black]

Catholic Bible Press

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

All the Pope’s Men The Inside Story of how the Vatican Really Thinks — John L. Allen

All the Pope’s Men The Inside Story of how the Vatican Really Thinks

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

My Cousin the Saint A Search for Faith, Family, and Miracles — Justin Catanoso

My Cousin the Saint A Search for Faith, Family, and Miracles

Justin Catanoso

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

Papal Ceremonial at Rome in the Twelfth Century — Susan Twyman

Papal Ceremonial at Rome in the Twelfth Century

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

Queen of Sorrows Plague, Piety, and Power in Late Medieval Italy — Bianca M. Lopez

Queen of Sorrows Plague, Piety, and Power in Late Medieval Italy

Bianca M. Lopez

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

St. Peter’s Bones How the Relics of the First Pope Were Lost and Found . . . and Then Lost and Found Again — Thomas J. Craughwell

St. Peter’s Bones How the Relics of the First Pope Were Lost and Found . . . and Then Lost and Found Again

Thomas J. Craughwell

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

A Catholic’s Guide to Rome Discovering the Soul of the Eternal City — Frank J. Korn

A Catholic’s Guide to Rome Discovering the Soul of the Eternal City

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

Virgins of Venice Enclosed Lives and Broken Vows in the Renaissance Convent — Mary Laven

Virgins of Venice Enclosed Lives and Broken Vows in the Renaissance Convent

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

The Life of Pope Leo XIII — Fr. Bernard O’Reilly

The Life of Pope Leo XIII — Fr. Bernard O’Reilly

Fr. Bernard O'Reilly

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

The Pope and Mussolini The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe — David I. Kertzer

The Pope and Mussolini The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe

David I. Kertzer

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

My Cousin the Saint A Story of Love, Miracles, and an Italian Family Reunited — Justin Catanoso

My Cousin the Saint A Story of Love, Miracles, and an Italian Family Reunited

Justin Catanoso

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

Reforms of Christian Life in Sixteenth-Century Italy — Querciolo Mazzonis

Reforms of Christian Life in Sixteenth-Century Italy

Querciolo Mazzonis

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

Catherine de Medici Renaissance Queen of France — Leonie Frieda

Catherine de Medici Renaissance Queen of France

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

Miranda, V1 A Book Divided Into Three Parts, Entitled Souls, Numbers, Stars, On The Neo-Christian Religion (1860) — Quirico Filopanti

Miranda, V1 A Book Divided Into Three Parts, Entitled Souls, Numbers, Stars, On The Neo-Christian Religion (1860)

Quirico Filopanti

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

Catholics and Communists in Twentieth-Century Italy Between Conflict and Dialogue — Daniela Saresella

Catholics and Communists in Twentieth-Century Italy Between Conflict and Dialogue

Daniela Saresella

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

History of the First Council of Nice — Dean Dudley

History of the First Council of Nice

Themes: Italy • Christianity • Europe

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Italy, Christianity, Europe — the same threads that run through Inside the Vatican by Bart McDowell. Among the authors featured: John Moorhead, Gerald Posner, Tom Holland, Gianluigi Nuzzi, and others.

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