God's bankers : a history of money and power at the Vatican / Gerald Posner.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-529) and index.

Murder in London -- The last Pope king -- Enter the black nobles -- Merely a palace, not a state -- An unholy alliance -- The Pope banker -- Prelude to war -- A policy of silence -- The blacklist -- Blood money -- A nazi spy in the Vatican? -- The ratline -- There is no pope -- The men of confidence -- You can't run the church on Hail Mary's -- Operation fraulein -- Il crack sindona -- The battle of two scorpions -- A psychopathic paranoid -- The year of three popes -- The backdoor deal -- The Vatican has abandoned me -- You have to kill the Pope -- Tell your father to be quiet -- Protect the source -- A heck of a lot of money -- I've been poisoned -- White finance -- Suitcases of cash -- Burying the trail on nazi gold -- A criminal underground in the priesthood -- His inbox was a disaster -- The kingmaker becomes king -- As flat as stale beer -- Chasing the white list -- The world has changed -- The powerbroker -- The butler -- A vote of no confidence -- A time bomb -- The Swiss James Bond -- The peoples's pope -- Back from the dead.