Gerald Posner was one of the youngest attorneys ever hired by the Wall Street law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He is the author of eleven books, including New York Times bestsellers, and one a finalist for the Pulitzer in History. Posner has written dozens of articles for national magazines and papers and has been a regular contributor to NBC, the History Channel, CNN, FOX News, CBS, and MSNBC. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, author Trisha Posner.
"A dogged reporter exhaustively pursues the nefarious enrichment of
the Vatican, from the Borgias to Pope Francis.... A meticulous work
that cracks wide open the Vatican's legendary, enabling
secrecy."
*Kirkus*
“A fast-paced read that brings history alive on every page. The
book will captivate those who prefer their historical nonfiction
spiked with real-life tales of murder, power, and intrigue.”
*Booklist*
“Posner uses his superlative investigative skills to craft a
fascinating and comprehensive look at the dark side of the Catholic
Church…. Accessible and well written, Posner’s is the definitive
history of the topic to date.”
*Publishers Weekly (starred)*
“A highly anticipated book, the result of a nine year investigation
by author Gerald Posner. It reads like Robert Ludlow’s fiction
[and] paints a picture of murder, double-dealing, and fraud
surrounding the bank.”
*Michael Smerconish, CNN*
"A stunning exposé by investigative reporter Gerald Posner. As
exciting as a mystery thriller."
*Providence Journal*
“Expertly shows that theory and conjecture aren’t necessary when
the real-life narrative is compelling enough…. Posner’s history of
the institution reads like a sprawling novel, full of complex
characters and surprising twists….Readers interested in issues
involving religion and international finance will find Posner’s
work a compelling read.”
*Library Journal*
“God’s Bankers is often fascinating reading, full of international
intrigue….God’s Bankers is meticulously researched. Almost 200
pages of end notes indicate the care Posner took in nine years
spent researching his subject….The book tells a compelling story,
but never at the expense of journalistic principles. Posner might
speculate, but he is always careful to mark it as such, and to
point out the facts and primary sources that support or undermine
the speculation….His work pulls together existing scholarship and
massive amounts of original research to present the closest thing
to a definitive account of the workings of money and finance within
the Vatican that could be produced without cooperation from the
Vatican itself.”
*Washington Independent Review of Books*
“The Vatican began trying to reform its bank, but with only modest
success. Now there's a new sheriff in town, Pope Francis, and he
has made significant progress. Posner's compelling book provides a
benchmark for measuring his success.”
*Philadelphia Inquirer*
"An outstanding book"
*John L. Allen, journalist for The Boston Globe*
“Why all this reform? Wall Street-lawyer-turned-author Gerald
Posner lays it out in his deeply researched, passionately argued
book, ‘God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican.’
Posner…is a merciless pitbull of an investigator, marshaling
mountains of evidence to make his arguments…. the heart of ‘God's
Bankers’ lies in chapters devoted to the church's actions during
and immediately after World War II. In these chapters, Posner
dissects the church's actions with the eye of a prosecutor.”
*Chicago Tribune*
“An exhaustive history of the financial machinations at the center
of the church in Rome….Posner weaves an extraordinarily intricate
tale of intrigue, corruption and organized criminality….Posner’s
gifts as a reporter and storyteller are most vividly displayed in a
series of lurid chapters on the American archbishop Paul Marcinkus,
the arch-Machiavellian who ran the Vatican Bank from
1971-1989.”
*New York Times Book Review*
"The church was with Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World
War. Even today, the Church is run on blood money. Blood money from
where? By whom? Well, the details are in God’s Bankers. It is a
must read for all those who love action-packed and suspense-filled
real life incidents. God’s Bankers is more thrilling that Mario
Puzo’s Godfather."
*The Pioneer Agenda*
"God's Bankers should be read by every Catholic truly interested in
Church history."
*Catholic Insight*
“A book worth the time if a reader is interested in Roman Catholic
Church and European history….The book will be appreciated by those
involved in finance. It is chock full of tales of investment
schemes involving off-shore ghost companies, shell corporations and
holding companies set up to hide the movement of money, the use of
tax havens, tax laws (and how to avoid them), and financial
instruments that caused millions of dollars to disappear….Some may
also appreciate reading about the personalities of popes, the power
games and the internecine politics of the Roman Curia (the pope’s
administrative wing) that make the current political games played
in Washington, D.C., seem amateurish by comparison.”
*Financial Advisor Magazine*
“This fast-paced, carefully researched exposé of the nefarious
enrichment of the Vatican is a real eyebrow-raiser….a spellbinding,
intricate tale of corruption, intrigue, and criminality at the
heart of the world’s largest religious institution.”
*Portsmouth Herald*
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