- Paperback: 646 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; Main Street Books ed edition (6 Oct 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385492316
- ISBN-13: 978-0385492317
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 3.8 x 22.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 41,128 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Cold War has ended. With a scope and daring not possible until now, an unlikely international alliance of top-level political, financial, and religious interests sees the way clear at last to its ultimate goal: the establishment of a single global society. Utopia.
These are men with nothing in common but immense power and a towering ambition for still more. With world unity and prosperity as their slogan--and with betrayal, scandal, and murder as their ready weapons--they have the means and the will to capture as their own the perfect global machinery for their plans: the oldest, wiliest, and most stable political chancery in the world--the Vatican.
At the vortex of this lethal struggle stands the embattled Pope, a geopolitical genius whose elimination is the short-term solution to a long-term goal, and two American brothers, Paul and Christian Gladstone, one a lawyer and the other a priest, who appear to be the perfect pawns. One falls prey to the sharp teeth of greed for power. The other will become one of the Slavic Pontiff's closest allies...and will discover the darkest secrets at the very heart of papal Rome.
From America to Europe to Russia, in broad landscapes and clandestine corridors, a rich and varied cast--presidents and politicos, simple saints and savvy sinners, popes and pope-makers--clash with one another amid dramatic and sometimes bloody events that will affect the destiny of every person alive today.
These are men with nothing in common but immense power and a towering ambition for still more. With world unity and prosperity as their slogan--and with betrayal, scandal, and murder as their ready weapons--they have the means and the will to capture as their own the perfect global machinery for their plans: the oldest, wiliest, and most stable political chancery in the world--the Vatican.
At the vortex of this lethal struggle stands the embattled Pope, a geopolitical genius whose elimination is the short-term solution to a long-term goal, and two American brothers, Paul and Christian Gladstone, one a lawyer and the other a priest, who appear to be the perfect pawns. One falls prey to the sharp teeth of greed for power. The other will become one of the Slavic Pontiff's closest allies...and will discover the darkest secrets at the very heart of papal Rome.
From America to Europe to Russia, in broad landscapes and clandestine corridors, a rich and varied cast--presidents and politicos, simple saints and savvy sinners, popes and pope-makers--clash with one another amid dramatic and sometimes bloody events that will affect the destiny of every person alive today.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
WINDSWEPT HOUSE reads like a biography and leaves the reader wondering how much of it is fact, thinly disguised as fiction.
The crumbling of society that has only escalted since this book was first published is no longer inexplicable, no longer the fault of one president or the passage of one bill or any of the usual scapegoats. Martin traces an intricate web of evil and perversion coupled to power struggles and greed that rumble beneath the surface of society's foundations, splitting it with high-pressure fissures, cracking it apart. He clearly lays out how we have all been brainwashed into welcoming what was recently abhorrent to us.
Was Malachi Martin gifted with an unusual insight and foresight, or was he simply unmasking the host of the perverted masquerade ball we have all unwittingly been attending?
WINDSWEPT HOUSE is an unusually thought-provoking piece of fiction. Or is it thinly veiled fact?
The crumbling of society that has only escalted since this book was first published is no longer inexplicable, no longer the fault of one president or the passage of one bill or any of the usual scapegoats. Martin traces an intricate web of evil and perversion coupled to power struggles and greed that rumble beneath the surface of society's foundations, splitting it with high-pressure fissures, cracking it apart. He clearly lays out how we have all been brainwashed into welcoming what was recently abhorrent to us.
Was Malachi Martin gifted with an unusual insight and foresight, or was he simply unmasking the host of the perverted masquerade ball we have all unwittingly been attending?
WINDSWEPT HOUSE is an unusually thought-provoking piece of fiction. Or is it thinly veiled fact?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
New news
There is much in this book that will be `new news' to the reader.
For example, few Catholics know that John XXIII did not believe in the visionary saints, the reason he canonized only saints who founded good causes. It was he who coined the phrase `The Fatima Cult.' What's more, he refused to reveal the contents of the 3rd letter on grounds that the Vatican--he--did not accept the testimony of its visionaries.
The less astute public might not grasp everything said here. But, each one of them will learn something they never knew before. This is the great contribution of this work.
Yet, there is a problem. Whereas, on the one hand, there is much historical information--things that actually happened; on the other hand, there is much fantasy--things that never happened. The shortcoming is that the author does not draw a line between the two.
For instance, the `black mass' serves as a gripping opening, despite that it might be offensive to many Catholics who each Sunday morning participate in the same ritual - Christ's clever substitute of harmless blood and wine for the blood sacrifice demand of His Father in the Old Testament (Leviticus). Yet, though not the author's intent, many readers might take it that this ritual actually took place.
This kind of window dressing might serve to entrap the less astute mass. Yet, it is bothersome to a few who would prefer this renowned priest turn toward molding his legacy as a great historian rather than a great writer. He certainly has the credentials to do so.
Widely read on the Vatican, this is one of the two most informative books on what goes on in Rome I've ever read. The other is Murder in the Vatican: The CIA and the Bolshevik Pontiff
There is much in this book that will be `new news' to the reader.
For example, few Catholics know that John XXIII did not believe in the visionary saints, the reason he canonized only saints who founded good causes. It was he who coined the phrase `The Fatima Cult.' What's more, he refused to reveal the contents of the 3rd letter on grounds that the Vatican--he--did not accept the testimony of its visionaries.
The less astute public might not grasp everything said here. But, each one of them will learn something they never knew before. This is the great contribution of this work.
Yet, there is a problem. Whereas, on the one hand, there is much historical information--things that actually happened; on the other hand, there is much fantasy--things that never happened. The shortcoming is that the author does not draw a line between the two.
For instance, the `black mass' serves as a gripping opening, despite that it might be offensive to many Catholics who each Sunday morning participate in the same ritual - Christ's clever substitute of harmless blood and wine for the blood sacrifice demand of His Father in the Old Testament (Leviticus). Yet, though not the author's intent, many readers might take it that this ritual actually took place.
This kind of window dressing might serve to entrap the less astute mass. Yet, it is bothersome to a few who would prefer this renowned priest turn toward molding his legacy as a great historian rather than a great writer. He certainly has the credentials to do so.
Widely read on the Vatican, this is one of the two most informative books on what goes on in Rome I've ever read. The other is Murder in the Vatican: The CIA and the Bolshevik Pontiff
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Malachi Martin is a very important author in today's world. And I am a big fan of his. So I am willing to accept that he had reasons of his own for writing this very spooky look at The Vatican as a weird and sinister novel instead of a work of non-fiction.
'Windswept House' is obviously the 2nd part of a trilogy detailing Martin's analysis of the world. The first part being the scholarly tome 'Keys of This Blood', the third part being 'El Ultimo Papa'.
(Note: All three of the texts can be read as stand-alone books without having read the others. In fact they are better read --as they are released-- as progress reports on The Vatican's status. 'Keys of This Blood' already is dated. And until 'El Ultimo Papa' is translated to English 'Windswept House' is the most current installment for English-only readers.)
'Keys of This Blood' was written when Martin seemed to still have hope The Vatican could remain a force in world politics. 'Windswept House' lays the foundation for the removal of The Vatican from the world stage due to dark and disturbing internal conflicts within The Church (which the book describes in lurid detail).
Read 'Windswept House' now, but more importantly get 'El Ultimo Papa' the second it is translated. It looks to be best book of Malachi Martin's yet.
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