Journal Entry 1 by lmn60 from Spotswood, Victoria Australia on Sunday, May 25, 2008

Part of a job lot of books I bought on ebay for release. Hopefully this one will be found and enjoyed by a new reader....

From Publishers Weekly...
'Visions of the Virgin Mary, secret documents and politicking in the highest echelons of the Catholic Church—Berry (The Amber Room) combines combustive elements in this well-researched thriller. In 1917, the Virgin Mary revealed herself to three children in Fatima, Portugal, disclosing three secrets to the eldest, Lucia, who shared the first two secrets soon after their revelation but left the last to be disclosed upon her death. This third secret was released to Pope John XXIII in 1960 and made public by Pope John Paul II in 2000... or was it? The novel's stolid protagonist—Msgr. Colin Michener, longtime secretary to Clement XV, the novel's near-future successor to John Paul II—has reason to doubt the accuracy of the public version of the secret. Beleaguered by radically dogmatic cardinals and bishops, the embattled Clement XV also appears distressed by recent knowledge of secret documents regarding the Fatima messages. Before his inexplicable suicide, Clement sends Michener to Romania in search of a Father Tibor, who translated the third secret for Pope John XXIII and may hold the key to its mystery. Also on the case, if a step behind, is the ambitious and traditionalist Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Valendrea, with an eye on the papal throne. Da Vinci Code fans hungry for more may want a taste of this.' 

Journal Entry 2 by BellaMack from St Helens, Tasmania Australia on Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Thanks lmn60, on to the top of Mt TBR :) 

Journal Entry 3 by BellaMack from St Helens, Tasmania Australia on Sunday, August 24, 2008

Loved this book, really kept me engrossed, and would like to read more by this author.
Reserving for VBB. 

Journal Entry 4 by BellaMack from St Helens, Tasmania Australia on Sunday, October 05, 2008

Sending off to froggirlwendy who has selected the book from the Aus VBB. 

Journal Entry 5 by froggirlwendy from Brisbane, Queensland Australia on Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Arrived 21/11/08 - during my 'no internet' period. Many thanks BellaMack. On to my TBR pile for now.