Contents
PREFACE: The Making of a Saint and the Remaking of a Church
CHAPTER ONE: Pastor et Nauta, Shepherd and Navigator
CHAPTER TWO: Family, Youth, and Seminary (1881–1904)
CHAPTER THREE: Early Priesthood and Rome (1904–15)
CHAPTER FOUR: The Great War and After (1915–25)
CHAPTER FIVE: Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey (1925–45)
CHAPTER SIX: France and Venice (1945–58)
CHAPTER SEVEN: Election and First Days (October–December 1958)
CHAPTER EIGHT: The First Year (January–December 1959)
CHAPTER NINE: A Unique Pontificate (January–December 1960)
CHAPTER TEN: World in Crisis (January 1961–September 1962)
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Aggiornamento, Si! (October 1962)
PART III: Father of the Council
CHAPTER TWELVE: A New Pentecost? (November–December 1962)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Peace on Earth (January–April 1963)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Finis (May–June 1963)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Good Pope and His Great Council