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"Now on the 500th anniversary of the creation of the Swiss Guards, Robert Royal...offers an illuminating history of how this tiny army came to protect the Holy Father and what role it has played in the church ever since....[S]ome passages are riveting, such as Mr. Royal's retelling of what it was like to watch the sack of Rome from inside the walls of Castel Sant' Angelo."Royal, Robert is the author of 'Pope's Army 500 Years of the Papal Swiss Guard' with ISBN 9780824523954 and ISBN 0824523954.
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