Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part OneThe Girl from Viterbo
1 The Convent
2 The Wealthy Landowner’s Wife
3 The Roman Noblewoman
4 The Brother-in-Law
5 The Papal Nuncio
6 Cardinals
7 The Black Widow
8 Conclave
Part TwoThe Female Pope
9 The Vicar of Christ
10 Celebrations
11 Women in the Vatican
12 Vengeance on the Barberinis
13 The Despised Daughter-in-Law
14 The Imbecile Cardinals
Photographic Insert
15 Birth, Famine, and Bitter Peace
16 The Shoulder of Saint Francesca
17 The Holy Jubilee Year
18 Crisis of Conscience
Part ThreeUnforgiveness
19 Honor and Dishonor
20 Olimpia’s Triumphant Return
21 The Sudden Disgrace of Cardinal Astalli
22 Death of the Dove
23 Unforgiveness
24 Pope Alexander VII
25 The Two Queens of Rome
26 The Scourge of God
27 After Olimpia
Notes
Bibliography
Searchable Terms
About the Author
Other Books by Eleanor Herman
Copyright
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