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Killing the Pope by Serhii Plokhy
Farrar, Straus and Giroux · New release

Killing the Pope

John Paul II and the Last Battle of the Cold War

Serhii Plokhy

Farrar, Straus and Giroux · World History
Releases February 09, 2027 · ISBN 9780374618810

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About the book

Serhii Plokhy investigates the 1981 attempt on John Paul II's life: the gunman, his far-right ties, the alleged Soviet-Bulgarian plot, and the trial that became a Cold War contest.

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