PIO XII VISTO DA VICINO Con un diario inedito del 1954

In 1961 Cardinal Domenico Tardini, John XXIII's Secretary of State, reconstructed in his book Pius XII, with a rich array of documents, the figure and work of the Pontiff of whom he had been the closest collaborator, together with Monsignor Giovanni Battista Montini. The book, translated into many languages, is now republished in an anstatic edition with a dense introduction that reconstructs its publishing success and the appreciation of scholars.