Eric Frattini
Author of The Entity: Five Centuries of Secret Vatican Espionage
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Works by Eric Frattini
Manipulando la historia: Operaciones de falsa bandera: Del Maine al golpe de Estado en Turquía (2017) 13 copies
CIA, joyas de familia los documentos más comprometedores de la agencia, por fin al descubierto (1900) 8 copies
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- Canonical name
- Frattini, Eric
- Birthdate
- 1963
- Birthplace
- Lima, Perù
- Occupations
- Docente universitario
Giornalista
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- Eric Frattini nato a Lima nel 1963, è professore universitario, giornalista e scrittore eclettico, appassionato di storia e di politica. Insegna giornalismo all’Università di Madrid e interviene. periodicamente come esperto di politica estera alla tv spagnola.
Corrispondente dal Medio Oriente, analista politico e sceneggiatore televisivo, ha abitato per diversi anni in Polinesia, Paraguay, Libano, Cipro e Israele. Ha anche diretto numerosi documentari per le principali emittenti televisive spagnole, con le quali collabora assiduamente.
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The first 175 pages or so of this book were a little dull. Just a repetition of facts, historical facts, which as we know can be a bit ambiguous. After that things became a bit more interesting as we moved closer to the popes who served in more recent years.
When Giacomo della Chiesa was elected to the papacy on September 3, 1914 and became Pope Benedict XV things became quite interesting.
This is a story of the spy network of the Vatican. It tells who was involved and what they were involved in. Intrigue, murder, financial shenanigans, and providing weapons to countries involved in conflicts just begin to cover it.
We have all heard about the involvement of the Vatican with Hitler, and how the Popes coffers grew during this time. Pope John Paul the I and his untimely death after investing the Vatican Bank, we have all heard. I have heard much less about John Paul the II and suppression of information as well as his use of the vatican spy network now called the Entity. It brings us right up to the election and first days of the current pope, and what he gets involved in remains to be seen.
The Entity is a worthwhile read for anyone who is interested in learning what has been going on in that little country, The Vatican.… (more)
When Giacomo della Chiesa was elected to the papacy on September 3, 1914 and became Pope Benedict XV things became quite interesting.
This is a story of the spy network of the Vatican. It tells who was involved and what they were involved in. Intrigue, murder, financial shenanigans, and providing weapons to countries involved in conflicts just begin to cover it.
We have all heard about the involvement of the Vatican with Hitler, and how the Popes coffers grew during this time. Pope John Paul the I and his untimely death after investing the Vatican Bank, we have all heard. I have heard much less about John Paul the II and suppression of information as well as his use of the vatican spy network now called the Entity. It brings us right up to the election and first days of the current pope, and what he gets involved in remains to be seen.
The Entity is a worthwhile read for anyone who is interested in learning what has been going on in that little country, The Vatican.… (more)
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the most interesting part? the discussion about the motivations behind initiatives adopted by the Vatican, who was involved on each dossier, and how those initiatives overlapped with those adopted by various countries and organizations- a little bit akin to reading during WWII the reports from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin to understand what Germany was doing or planning to do… (more)